Snapdragon 439 vs Snapdragon 425
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 (Adreno 505) with the older 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
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
- Has a smaller size transistor (12 versus 28 nm)
- Has 4 more cores
- Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
- Announced 2-years and 5-months later
- Shows significantly better (up to 68%) AnTuTu 9 score – 101K vs 60K
- 43% higher CPU clock speed (2000 vs 1400 MHz)
- Supports 20% higher memory bandwidth (6.4 against 5.34 GB/s)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
- Higher GPU frequency (~11%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 32840 | 23455 |
| GPU | 14759 | 3087 |
| Memory | 25197 | 13786 |
| UX | 29625 | 20708 |
| Total score | 101557 | 60584 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 61.7 Mpixels/s | 26.6 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 8.22 images/s | 3.52 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 16.65 words/s | 10.9 words/s |
| Machine learning | 11.15 images/s | 6.44 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 5.39 images/s | 2.3 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 0.85 Mnodes/s | 0.48 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 296.65 Krows/s | 134.1 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 Snapdragon 425CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.45 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | 128 KB |
| Process | 12 nanometers | 28 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 5.5 billion | 1 billion |
| TDP | 5 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 505 | Adreno 308 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Adreno 300 |
| GPU frequency | 450 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 | 11.2 | 11 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 800 MHz | 667 MHz |
| Bus | 1x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 6.4 Gbit/s | 5.34 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 5 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 536 | Hexagon 536 |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 1920 x 1200 | 1280 x 800 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 21MP, 2x 8MP | 1x 16MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 30FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 30FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| 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 | X6 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 4 | 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 | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | June 2018 | February 2016 |
| Class | Low end | Low end |
| Model number | SDM439 | MSM8917 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 official site |
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