Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
1800 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
Process
14 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
2
2
TDP
3 W
11 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
Samsung
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L2 cache
-
0

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 506
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
600 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
1
1
Shading units
96
256
Vulkan version
1.0
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
933 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
1x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
7.46 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 546
Hexagon 680
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
1920 x 1200
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 21MP, 2x 13MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 7
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.1
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Jun 2017
Aug 2016
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
SDM450
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
153,310
-
Geekbench 6
169
391
Geekbench 6
763
797
FP32 (float)
115
334