Snapdragon 439 vs MediaTek MT6737
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 (Adreno 505) with the older 4-core MediaTek MT6737 (Mali-T720 MP2) 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/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.4x) AnTuTu 8 score – 96K vs 40K
- Has a smaller size transistor (12 versus 28 nm)
- Announced 2-years and 6-months later
- Has 4 more cores
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for MediaTek
- 54% higher CPU clock speed (2000 vs 1300 MHz)
- Performs 41% better in floating-point computations
- Supports 31% higher memory bandwidth (6.4 against 4.9 GB/s)
Pros of MediaTek MT6737
- Higher GPU frequency (~44%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 41548 | - |
| GPU | 9242 | - |
| Memory | 26677 | - |
| UX | 16356 | - |
| Total score | 96641 | 40730 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 61.7 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 8.22 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 16.65 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 11.15 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 5.39 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 0.85 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 296.65 Krows/s | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 46 FPS [Low] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 31 FPS [Low] |
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| Fortnite | 21 FPS [Low] |
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| Shadowgun Legends | 37 FPS [Low] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 32 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 29 FPS [Ultra] |
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 439 and MediaTek MT6737CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.45 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
4x 1.3 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 12 nanometers | 28 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 5.5 billion | 1 billion |
| TDP | 5 W | 7 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 505 | Mali-T720 MP2 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Midgard |
| GPU frequency | 450 MHz | 500-650 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 2 |
| Shading units | 96 | 32 |
| FLOPS | 48 Gigaflops | 34 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 11.1 | 11 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 800 MHz | 640 MHz |
| Bus | 1x 32 Bit | 1x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 6.4 Gbit/s | 4.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 5 GB | 3 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 536 | No |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.0 |
| Max display resolution | 1920 x 1200 | 1280 x 720 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 21MP, 2x 8MP | 1x 13MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 30FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 1080p at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X6 | MT6169 |
| 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 50 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 4 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS |
Info
| Announced | June 2018 | January 2016 |
| Class | Low end | Mid range |
| Model number | SDM439 | MT6737 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 official site | MediaTek MT6737 official site |
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