Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  4 1
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
• Predecessor
  -- Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.80 GHz 1.80 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.80 GHz 3.00 GHz
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  1.80 GHz 2.50 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 506 Qualcomm Adreno 730
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 0.84 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.60 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  0 --
• Shader
  96 --
• Max. displays
  0 --
• Generation
  5 7
• Technology
  14 nm 4 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q1/2022

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 450. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933 LPDDR5-3200
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 4

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 450, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv9-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  --
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Kryo
• Technology
  14 nm 4 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q1/2022
• Part Number
  SDM450 SM8450