Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
3800 MHz
1800 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
3 nm
14 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Transistor count
-
2
TDP
-
3 W

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 829
Adreno 506
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
600 MHz
Shading units
512
96
Vulkan version
1.4
1.0
OpenCL version
3.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
11
Execution units
-
1

Memory

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

AI

NPU
Hexagon
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
1920 x 1200
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 21MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
1K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Hexagon 546

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 7
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
6.0
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced
Nov 2025
Jun 2017
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
SM8845
SDM450
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,561,559
153,310
Geekbench 6
2,749
169
Geekbench 6
9,860
763
FP32 (float)
2,457
115