Snapdragon 662 vs Snapdragon 429
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 (Adreno 610) with the older 4-core Snapdragon 429 (Adreno 504) 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 662
- Performs 5.6x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 117% higher memory bandwidth (13.91 against 6.4 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.2x) AnTuTu 9 score – 205K vs 94K
- Has 4 more cores
- Announced 1-year and 7-months later
- Higher GPU frequency (~33%)
- Has a smaller size transistor (11 versus 12 nm)
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 69897 | 36510 |
| GPU | 33653 | 5369 |
| Memory | 45576 | 30988 |
| UX | 55919 | 21174 |
| Total score | 205104 | 94561 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 88.3 Mpixels/s | 37.4 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 13.3 images/s | 3.81 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 23.4 words/s | 11.7 words/s |
| Machine learning | 17.4 images/s | 8.12 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 11.2 images/s | 2.52 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.89 Mnodes/s | 0.6702 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 503.5 Krows/s | 183.2 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | - |
| Score | 372 | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 28 FPS [Low] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 30 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 26 FPS [Low] |
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| Shadowgun Legends | 54 FPS [Low] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 59 FPS [Medium] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 30 FPS [High] |
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| Device | Xiaomi Poco M3 1080 x 2340 |
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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 662 and Snapdragon 429CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 11 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| TDP | 9 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 610 | Adreno 504 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | 600 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 1 |
| Shading units | 96 | 96 |
| FLOPS | 272 Gigaflops | 48.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 11.1 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 1x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 13.91 Gbit/s | 6.4 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 683 | Hexagon 536 |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 1600 x 900 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 1080p at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X11 | X6 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 13 | LTE Cat. 5 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 390 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 75 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | January 2020 | June 2018 |
| Class | Mid range | Low end |
| Model number | SM615 | SDM429 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 official site |
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