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
- AnTuTu 10
- 130,000Top 97%
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 140Top 99%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 620Top 97%
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 good in 2026?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 earns an Inno Score of 26.2/100 (“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 is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 AnTuTu score?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 scores 130,000 points in AnTuTu 10. In Geekbench 6 it reaches 140 single-core and 620 multi-core.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450?
Cores: 8 · Process: 14 nm · AnTuTu 10: 130,000 · GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 506
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are MediaTek Helio G85, Qualcomm Snapdragon 439, Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.