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Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 vs Samsung Exynos 850

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
25.7Inno Score
VS
Samsung Exynos 850
25.7Inno Score
20CPU20
20GPU20
46.7Efficiencyspec-based46.7
1 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 4506 spec wins — Samsung Exynos 850

InnoReviews verdict

This one is close to a dead heat: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 scores 25.7 against 25.7 for Samsung Exynos 850. Pick by the categories that matter to you, or by price.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

Reasons to pick the Samsung Exynos 850

  • 300% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 140 vs 35
  • 71% higher Max bandwidth: 12.8 GB/s vs 7.5 GB/s
  • 43% lower process: 8 nm vs 14 nm
  • 21% higher Geekbench 6 (single): 170 vs 140
  • 11% higher Max clock: 2 GHz vs 1.8 GHz

General

General comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 versus Samsung Exynos 850
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 450Samsung Exynos 850
Announced20172020
Process14 nm8 nm+43%
TDP (typical)4 W4 W
ArchitectureArmv8Armv8.2

CPU

CPU comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 versus Samsung Exynos 850
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 450Samsung Exynos 850
Cores88
Core configuration8x1.8 GHz Cortex-A538x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock1.8 GHz2 GHz+11%

GPU

GPU comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 versus Samsung Exynos 850
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 450Samsung Exynos 850
GPUQualcomm Adreno 506Arm Mali-G52 MP1

AI

AI comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 versus Samsung Exynos 850
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 450Samsung Exynos 850
NPUQualcomm Hexagon 546—

Memory

Memory comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 versus Samsung Exynos 850
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 450Samsung Exynos 850
Memory typeLPDDR3-933LPDDR4X-1600
Max bandwidth7.5 GB/s12.8 GB/s+71%

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 versus Samsung Exynos 850
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 450Samsung Exynos 850
ModemSnapdragon X9 LTEIntegrated LTE Cat-7
Wi-FiWi-Fi 5Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth4.25.0

Media

Media comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 versus Samsung Exynos 850
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 450Samsung Exynos 850
Max displayFHD @ 60HzFHD+ @ 60Hz
Video capture1080p@30fps1080p@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 versus Samsung Exynos 850
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 450Samsung Exynos 850
Geekbench 6 (single)140Bottom 2%170+21%Bottom 3%
Geekbench 6 (multi)620+3%Bottom 3%600Bottom 2%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme35Bottom 1%140+300%Bottom 10%

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