Snapdragon 665 vs Snapdragon 450
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 (with Adreno 610 graphics) and Snapdragon 450 (Adreno 506). 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 665
- Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth (14.9 against 7.46 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 9 score – 197K vs 100K
- Higher GPU frequency (~46%)
- Announced 1-year and 10-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (11 versus 14 nm)
- 11% higher CPU clock speed (2000 vs 1800 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 65976 | 33673 |
| GPU | 33635 | 14222 |
| Memory | 44631 | 23142 |
| UX | 53256 | 29542 |
| Total score | 197206 | 100032 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 90.4 Mpixels/s | 68.9 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 12.1 images/s | 9.02 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 21.5 words/s | 19.1 words/s |
| Machine learning | 16.8 images/s | 11.9 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 11.7 images/s | 5.27 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.68 Mnodes/s | 1.32 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 386.2 Krows/s | 279 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 1 FPS | - |
| Score | 261 | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 29 FPS [Low] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 28 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 27 FPS [Low] |
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| Shadowgun Legends | 53 FPS [Low] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 57 FPS [Medium] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 30 FPS [High] |
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| Device | Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T 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 665 and Snapdragon 450CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 11 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 1.75 billion | 2 billion |
| TDP | 5 W | 3 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 610 | Adreno 506 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 600-650 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 1 |
| Shading units | 128 | 96 |
| FLOPS | 243 Gigaflops | 124 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| 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 | 14.9 Gbit/s | 7.46 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 686 | Hexagon 546 |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 1920 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X12 | X9 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 13 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 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 | April 2019 | June 2017 |
| Class | Mid range | Low end |
| Model number | SM6125 | SDM450 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 official site |
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