Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
1400 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
28 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
1
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TDP
6 W
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Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
—
1792 KB
L2 cache
—
24 MB
L3 cache
—
8 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 505
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
450 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
1
—
Shading units
48
512
Vulkan version
1.0
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
11
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
800 MHz
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Bus
1x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 536
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Storage type
eMMC 5.1
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
1920 x 1200
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Max camera resolution
1x 21MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
1K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 4
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 150 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 75 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.1
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Sep 2025
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
MSM8937
SM8850
AI
NPU
—
Hexagon
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
135,324
3,115,282
Geekbench 6
206
3,834
Geekbench 6
832
12,396
FP32 (float)
43
3,686
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.