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Qualcomm
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
Eight Cortex-A53 cores on 14nm for the sub-$150 phones of 2018 (Redmi 5, Galaxy A6). It exists in millions of drawers worldwide.
Pros
- Cheap and cool-running
- Better battery than its 28nm predecessors
- Did the basics
Cons
- No performance cores
- Adreno 506 struggles with anything 3D
- 720p-class phones mostly
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
General
- Announced
- 2017
- Process
- 14 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 4 W
- Architecture
- Armv8
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 8x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53
- Max clock
- 1.8 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Qualcomm Adreno 506
AI
- NPU
- Qualcomm Hexagon 546
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR3-933
- Max bandwidth
- 7.5 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X9 LTE
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 4.2
Media
- Max display
- FHD @ 60Hz
- Video capture
- 1080p@30fps
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 140Bottom 2%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 620Bottom 3%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 35Bottom 1%
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 good in 2026?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 earns an Inno Score of 25.7/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Eight Cortex-A53 cores on 14nm for the sub-$150 phones of 2018 (Redmi 5, Galaxy A6). It exists in millions of drawers worldwide.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450?
Cores: 8 · Process: 14 nm · GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 506
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Huawei Kirin 710, Qualcomm Snapdragon 636, Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
