We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 [with Adreno 506 graphics] and MediaTek Helio P35 [PowerVR GE8320]. 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 450
- Performs 2.6x better in floating-point computations
Pros of MediaTek Helio P35
- Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth [14.9 against 7.46 GB/s]
- Announced 1-year and 6-months later
- 28% higher CPU clock speed [2300 vs 1800 MHz]
- Has a smaller size transistor [12 versus 14 nm]
- Higher GPU frequency [~13%]
- Shows better [up to 8%] AnTuTu 10 score – 146K vs 136K
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarks
AnTuTu 10
The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 49828 55950 GPU 18186 16124 Memory 42347 36757 UX 25943 38892 Total score 136176 146726
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GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Asset compression 48.5 MB/sec - HTML 5 Browser 23.8 pages/sec - PDF Renderer 36.5 Mpixels/sec - Image detection 9.42 images/sec - HDR 25.6 Mpixels/sec - Background blur 0.91 images/sec - Photo processing 5.11 images/sec - Ray tracing 1.36 Mpixels/sec -
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 450 and Helio P35
CPU
Architecture 8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 Cores 8 8 Frequency 1800 MHz 2300 MHz Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A Process 14 nanometers 12 nanometers Transistor count 2 billion - TDP 3 W 2.2 W Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Graphics
GPU name Adreno 506 PowerVR GE8320 Architecture Adreno 500 PowerVR Series8XE [Rogue] GPU frequency 600 MHz 680 MHz Execution units 1 4 Shading units 96 8 Total shaders 96 32 FLOPS 115.2 Gigaflops 43.5 Gigaflops Vulkan version 1.0 1.1 OpenCL version 2.0 1.2 DirectX version 11 -
Memory
Memory type LPDDR3 LPDDR4X Memory frequency 933 MHz 1600 MHz Bus 1x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit Max bandwidth 7.46 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s Max size 4 GB 6 GB
Multimedia [ISP]
Neural processor [NPU] Hexagon 546 No Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1 Max display resolution 1920 x 1200 2400 x 1080 Max camera resolution 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP 1x 25MP, 2x 13MP Video capture 1K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 30FPS Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265 Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
Modem X9 - 4G support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 7 5G support No No Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps Wi-Fi 5 5 Bluetooth 4.1 5.0 Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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