Snapdragon 425 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
We compared the 4-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (Adreno 308) with the newer 8-core Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 (Adreno 629) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
- Performs 17.9x better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 28 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 3.4x) AnTuTu 11 score – 624K vs 180K
- Supports 218% higher memory bandwidth (17 against 5.34 GB/s)
- Has 4 more cores
- 71% higher CPU clock speed (2400 vs 1400 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~40%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 77856 | 233766 |
| GPU | 6377 | 61522 |
| Memory | 37315 | 155235 |
| UX | 59386 | 173498 |
| Total score | 180934 | 624021 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Samples | - | Less than 3 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 425 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 5CPU
| Architecture | 4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53 | 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 4 | 8 |
| Frequency | 1400 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| Process | 28 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 1 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 308 | Adreno 629 |
| Architecture | Adreno 300 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 598 MHz | 840 MHz |
| Pipelines | 1 | 1 |
| Shading units | 24 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 24 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 24 Gigaflops | 430.1 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 536 | Yes |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 667 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 5.34 Gb/s | 17 Gb/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 1280 x 800 | 2520 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 16MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X6 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 5 | - |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 2800 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 75 Mbps | Up to 900 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | February 2016 | May 2026 |
| Class | Low end | Low end |
| Model number | MSM8917 | SM4850 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 official site |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 | - |
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