Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8450
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Frequency
1400 MHz
3250 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
128 KB
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Process
28 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
1
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TDP
5 W
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Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L2 cache
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1 MB
L3 cache
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6 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 308
Mali-G720 MP7
GPU frequency
500 MHz
1300 MHz
Execution units
1
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Shading units
24
128
Vulkan version
1.0
1.3
OpenCL version
1.2
3.2
DirectX version
11
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
667 MHz
4266 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
5.34 Gbit/s
68.2 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 536
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Storage type
eMMC 5.1
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
1280 x 800
2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 16MP
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture
1K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 5
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5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 5170 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 75 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.1
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Feb 2016
May 2025
Class
Low end
Mid range
Model number
MSM8917
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AI
NPU
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MediaTek NPU 880
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
136,588
1,675,507
FP32 (float)
24
2,329
Geekbench 6
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1,617
Geekbench 6
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6,406
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.