Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
Frequency
1400 MHz
3800 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
28 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
1
-
TDP
6 W
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 505
Adreno 829
GPU frequency
450 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
1
-
Shading units
48
512
Vulkan version
1.0
1.4
OpenCL version
2.0
3.0
DirectX version
11
12.1

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
800 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
1x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
-
76.8 Gb/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 536
-
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
1920 x 1200
3840 x 2540
Max camera resolution
1x 21MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
1K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
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

4G support
LTE Cat. 4
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 75 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.1
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Sep 2015
Nov 2025
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
MSM8937
SM8845
Official page

AI

NPU
-
Hexagon

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
135,324
3,561,559
Geekbench 6
206
2,749
Geekbench 6
832
9,860
FP32 (float)
43
2,457