Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 vs MediaTek MT6737

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450, vs MediaTek MT6737. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 and MediaTek MT6737
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 450
136304
MediaTek MT6737
59089
CPU4982816596
GPU181862974
Memory4234727828
UX2594311691
NanoReview Score13630459089
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
168
MediaTek MT6737
141
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
762
MediaTek MT6737
594
File Compression48.5 MB/s39.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser23.8 pages/s17.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering36.5 MP/sec17.5 MP/sec
Background Blur0.91 frames/s0.89 frames/s
Photo Processing5.11 frames/s5.03 frames/s
Image Detection9.42 frames/s6.57 frames/s
HDR25.6 MP/sec17.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.36 MP/sec1.04 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture 8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 4/1.3 (Cortex-A53)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 4
Frequency 1800 1300
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Process tech. 14 nm 28 nm
Transistor count 2 billion 1 billion
Power (TDP) 3 W 7 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 506 Mali-T720 MP2
Architecture Adreno 500 Midgard 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 600 MHz 650 MHz
Execution Units 1 2
Shader Units 48 10
Total shader 48 20
FLOPS 57.6 GFLOPS 26 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
DirectX 11 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon 546 No

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR3 LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 933 MHz 640 MHz
Bus 1x32 bit 1x32 bit
Bandwidth 7.46 Gbit/s 6.4 Gbit/s
Max RAM 4 GB 3 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.0
Max. resolution 1920x1200 pixels 1280x720 pixels
Camera 1x21 pixels 1x13 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
H.264
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X9 MT6169
4G Support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 4
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 300 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 50 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 4
Bluetooth version 4.1 4.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
GPS

Other

Announced June, 2017 yr January, 2016 yr
Class Low end Mid-range
Codename SDM450 MT6737

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