Snapdragon 430 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (with Adreno 505 graphics) and Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 (Adreno 629). 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 10x better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 28 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 3.5x) AnTuTu 11 score – 624K vs 180K
- Higher GPU frequency (~87%)
- 71% higher CPU clock speed (2400 vs 1400 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 77469 | 233766 |
| GPU | 6280 | 61522 |
| Memory | 36602 | 155235 |
| UX | 60089 | 173498 |
| Total score | 180440 | 624021 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 60.7 MB/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 24.4 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 38.1 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 8.57 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 26.6 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 1 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 7.19 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 1.74 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | 2 tests | Less than 3 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 430 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 5CPU
| Architecture | 8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53 | 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 1400 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| Process | 28 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 1 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 505 | Adreno 629 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 450 MHz | 840 MHz |
| Pipelines | 1 | 1 |
| Shading units | 48 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 48 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 43.2 Gigaflops | 430.1 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 536 | Yes |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 800 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 1x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 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 | 1920 x 1200 | 2520 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 21MP | 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. 4 | - |
| 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 | September 2015 | May 2026 |
| Class | Low end | Low end |
| Model number | MSM8937 | SM4850 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 official site |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 | - |
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