Google Tensor G5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 425

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X45x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7252x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
3400 MHz
1400 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
3 nm
28 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
L1 cache
-
128 KB
Transistor count
-
1
TDP
-
5 W

Graphics

GPU frequency
1100 MHz
500 MHz
GPU name
-
Adreno 308
Execution units
-
1
Shading units
-
24
Vulkan version
-
1.0
OpenCL version
-
1.2
DirectX version
-
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR3
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
-
667 MHz
Max bandwidth
-
5.34 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Yes
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2400
1280 x 800
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 16MP
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
1K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Hexagon 536

Connectivity

5G support
Yes
No
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
5.4
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
4G support
-
LTE Cat. 5
Download speed
-
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 75 Mbps

Info

Announced
Aug 2025
Feb 2016
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
-
MSM8917
Official page
-

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,445,942
136,588
FP32 (float)
1,536
24