Snapdragon 450 vs Helio P35
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 (with Adreno 506 graphics) and MediaTek Helio P35 (PowerVR GE8320). 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 450
- Performs 2.3x better in floating-point computations
Pros of MediaTek Helio P35
- Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth (14.9 against 7.46 GB/s)
- Announced 1-year and 6-months later
- 28% higher CPU clock speed (2300 vs 1800 MHz)
- Has a smaller size transistor (12 versus 14 nm)
- Shows better (up to 15%) AnTuTu 9 score – 115K vs 100K
- Higher GPU frequency (~5%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 33673 | 35729 |
| GPU | 14222 | 17458 |
| Memory | 23142 | 32249 |
| UX | 29542 | 29580 |
| Total score | 100838 | 115585 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 68.9 Mpixels/s | 64.7 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 9.02 images/s | 9.11 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 19.1 words/s | 16.6 words/s |
| Machine learning | 11.9 images/s | 13.2 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 5.27 images/s | 5.82 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.32 Mnodes/s | 1.31 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 279 Krows/s | 333.2 Krows/s |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 450 and Helio P35CPU
| Architecture | 8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 | 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | - |
| TDP | 3 W | 2.2 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 506 | PowerVR GE8320 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Rogue |
| GPU frequency | 600-650 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 2 |
| Shading units | 96 | 64 |
| FLOPS | 124 Gigaflops | 54.4 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 11.1 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 933 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Bus | 1x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 7.46 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 546 | No |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 1920 x 1200 | 2400 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP | 1x 25MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 1080p at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X9 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | June 2017 | December 2018 |
| Class | Low end | Low end |
| Model number | SDM450 | MT6765 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 official site | MediaTek Helio P35 official site |
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