Snapdragon 430 vs Snapdragon 425
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (Adreno 505) with the newer 4-core Snapdragon 425 (Adreno 308) 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
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
- Has 4 more cores
- Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksGeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 21.95 Mpixels/s | 26.6 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 4.22 images/s | 3.52 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 11 words/s | 10.9 words/s |
| Machine learning | 5.88 images/s | 6.44 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 2.89 images/s | 2.3 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 480.9 Mnodes/s | 475.4 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 136 Krows/s | 134.1 Krows/s |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 430 and Snapdragon 425CPU
| Architecture | 8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53 | 4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Frequency | 1400 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | 128 KB |
| Process | 28 nanometers | 28 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 1 billion | 1 billion |
| TDP | 6 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 505 | Adreno 308 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Adreno 300 |
| GPU frequency | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 2 |
| Shading units | 96 | 24 |
| FLOPS | 48 Gigaflops | 24 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 11 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 800 MHz | 667 MHz |
| Bus | 1x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 5.34 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 536 | No |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 1920 x 1200 | 1280 x 800 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 21MP | 1x 16MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 30FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X6 | X6 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 5 | LTE Cat. 5 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 75 Mbps | Up to 75 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | September 2015 | February 2016 |
| Class | Low end | Low end |
| Model number | MSM8937 | MSM8917 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 official site |
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