Snapdragon 460 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 5

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 (with Adreno 610 graphics) and Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 (Adreno 629). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 11 nm)
  • Performs 2.8x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.5x) AnTuTu 11 score – 624K vs 251K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~40%)
  • 33% higher CPU clock speed (2400 vs 1800 MHz)
  • Supports 14% higher memory bandwidth (17 against 14.9 GB/s)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
624021
CPU 109408 233766
GPU 21016 61522
Memory 60965 155235
UX 60039 173498
Total score 251428 624021
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 67.5 MB/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 31.2 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 41.1 Mpixels/sec -
Image detection 12 images/sec -
HDR 36.1 Mpixels/sec -
Background blur 1.53 images/sec -
Photo processing 7.58 images/sec -
Ray tracing 1.82 Mpixels/sec -
Samples 25 tests Less than 3
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 0.65 images/sec -
Face detection 0.34 images/sec -
Horizon detection 0.02 Gpixels/sec -
Edge detection 0.03 Gpixels/sec -
Gaussian blur 0.02 Gpixels/sec -
Stereo matching 0.28 Gpixels/sec -
Particle physics 46.8 FPS -
API Vulkan -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 5357 -
Video editing score 3657 -
Data manipulation score 4874 -
Photo editing score 10924 -
Writing score 5784 -
Phones tested Less than 3 -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 30 FPS
[Low]
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Call of Duty: Mobile 36 FPS
[Medium]
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Shadowgun Legends 33 FPS
[Medium]
-
World of Tanks Blitz 42 FPS
[Medium]
-
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 31 FPS
[Medium]
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Device OnePlus Nord N100
720 x 1600
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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 460 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 5

CPU

Architecture 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 240 Gold
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 240 Silver
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 1800 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process 11 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 3 W -
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 610 Adreno 629
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 600 MHz 840 MHz
Pipelines 1 1
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 128 256
FLOPS 153.6 Gigaflops 430.1 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 683 Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 14.9 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1200
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 -
4G support LTE Cat. 13 -
5G support No Yes
Download speed Up to 390 Mbps Up to 2800 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 900 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.1 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced January 2020 May 2026
Class Low end Low end
Model number SM4250-AA SM4850
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 -

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