Snapdragon 460 vs Snapdragon 450
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 (with Adreno 610 graphics) and Snapdragon 450 (Adreno 506). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
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
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
- Supports 86% higher memory bandwidth (13.91 against 7.46 GB/s)
- Announced 2 years and 7 months later
- Shows significantly better (up to 44%) AnTuTu 10 score – 196K vs 136K
- Has a smaller size transistor (11 versus 14 nm)
- Performs 33% better in floating-point computations
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 71576 | 49828 |
| GPU | 24096 | 18186 |
| Memory | 59908 | 42347 |
| UX | 41006 | 25943 |
| Total score | 196586 | 136304 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 67.5 MB/sec | 48.5 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 31.2 pages/sec | 23.8 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 41.1 Mpixels/sec | 36.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 12 images/sec | 9.42 images/sec |
| HDR | 36.1 Mpixels/sec | 25.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 1.53 images/sec | 0.91 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 7.58 images/sec | 5.11 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 1.82 Mpixels/sec | 1.36 Mpixels/sec |
Compute Score (GPU)
Promotion
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Graphics test | 1 FPS | - |
| Score | 241 | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 30 FPS [Low] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 36 FPS [Medium] |
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| Shadowgun Legends | 33 FPS [Medium] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 42 FPS [Medium] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 31 FPS [Medium] |
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| Device | OnePlus Nord N100 720 x 1600 |
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 460 and Snapdragon 450CPU
| Architecture | 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 240 Gold 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 240 Silver |
8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 1800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 11 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 2 billion |
| TDP | 3 W | 3 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 610 | Adreno 506 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | 600 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 1 |
| Shading units | 128 | 96 |
| Total shaders | 128 | 96 |
| FLOPS | 153.6 Gigaflops | 115.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 11 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 1x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 13.91 Gbit/s | 7.46 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 683 | Hexagon 546 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 1920 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X11 | X9 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 13 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 390 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | January 2020 | June 2017 |
| Class | Low end | Low end |
| Model number | SM4250-AA | SDM450 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 official site |
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