Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  3 1
• Predecessor
  - Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 1x Cortex-X2
• B-Core
  - 3x Cortex-A710
• Base Frequency
  1.4 GHz 1.8 GHz
• C-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A510
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  1.4 GHz 3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  1.4 GHz 2.5 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  11 12.1
• Execution units
  0 -
• Generation
  5 7
• GPU Frequency
  450 MHz 840 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 505 Qualcomm Adreno 730
• GPU Turbo
  450 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  0 -
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q1/2022
• Shader
  48 -
• Technology
  28 nm 4 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 430. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  1 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-800 LPDDR5-3200

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Kryo
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv9-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  - 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 4 MB
• Part Number
  MSM8937 SM8450
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q1/2022
• Technology
  28 nm 4 nm
• Virtualization
  None None