Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 425, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
135474
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU50934679852
GPU73121283493
Memory36668646515
UX40560505422
NanoReview Score1354743115282
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
130
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
488
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compressionn/a421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a268 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a300.8 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a42.4 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a115.6 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a353.8 frames/s
HDRn/a339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a14.1 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture 4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53 - 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 4 8
Frequency 1400 4600
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB n/a
L3 Cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 28 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 1 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 308 n/a
Architecture Adreno 300 n/a
GPU Frequency 598 MHz n/a
Execution Units 1 n/a
Shader Units 24 n/a
Total shader 24 n/a
FLOPS 24 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 n/a
OpenCL 1.2 n/a
DirectX 11 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon 536 Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR3 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 667 MHz n/a
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 5.34 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 4 GB n/a

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type eMMC 5.1 - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 1280x800 pixels n/a
Camera 1x16 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 1K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 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

Modem X6 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 5 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 150 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 75 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 5 7
Bluetooth version 4.1 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced February, 2016 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename MSM8917 SM8850

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 the clear winner in this comparison.

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