Snapdragon 450 vs Helio P60
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 (with Adreno 506 graphics) and Mediatek Helio P60 (Mali-G72 MP3). 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
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Helio
- Performs 44% better in floating-point computations
Pros of Mediatek Helio P60
- Supports 80% higher memory bandwidth (13.41 against 7.46 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 79%) AnTuTu 9 score – 176K vs 98K
- Announced 8-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (12 versus 14 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~23%)
- 11% higher CPU clock speed (2000 vs 1800 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 29781 | 64073 |
| GPU | 14379 | 31631 |
| Memory | 29514 | 27470 |
| UX | 24907 | 54042 |
| Total score | 98277 | 176371 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 66.4 Mpixels/s | 77.3 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 8.97 images/s | 11.2 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 18.6 words/s | 17.1 words/s |
| Machine learning | 11.7 images/s | 12.3 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 5.27 images/s | 9.55 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.26 Mnodes/s | 1.57 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 317.5 Krows/s | 419.5 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | - | 98% |
| Graphics test | - | 2 FPS |
| Score | - | 500 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 450 and Helio P60CPU
| Architecture | 8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 | 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | - |
| TDP | 3 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 506 | Mali-G72 MP3 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 600-650 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 3 |
| Shading units | 96 | 48 |
| FLOPS | 124 Gigaflops | 86 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 11.1 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 933 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Bus | 1x 32 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 7.46 Gbit/s | 13.41 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 546 | No |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 1920 x 1200 | 2160 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 24MP |
| 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, VP8, VP9 |
| 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 100 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | June 2017 | February 2018 |
| Class | Low end | Mid range |
| Model number | SDM450 | MT6771 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 official site | Mediatek Helio P60 official site |
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