Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 430, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 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 430
134889
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU50681679852
GPU72001283493
Memory35968646515
UX41040505422
NanoReview Score1348893115282
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
205
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
827
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression60.7 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser24.4 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering38.1 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur1 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing7.19 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection8.57 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR26.6 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.74 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Processor

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

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 505 n/a
Architecture Adreno 500 n/a
GPU Frequency 450 MHz n/a
Execution Units 1 n/a
Shader Units 48 n/a
Total shader 48 n/a
FLOPS 43.2 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 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 800 MHz n/a
Bus 1x32 bit 4x16 bit
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 1920x1200 pixels n/a
Camera 1x21 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. 4 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 September, 2015 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename MSM8937 SM8850

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 the clear winner in this comparison.

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