Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus

VS
Which processor is better? We compared Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Snapdragon 425
129
Snapdragon 855 Plus
1030

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Snapdragon 425
486
Snapdragon 855 Plus
2861

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Number of cores 4 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 1000 million 6700 million
TDP 5 Watt 6 Watt
Neural Processing Qualcomm Hexagon 536 Qualcomm Hexagon 690

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR3 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 667 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 308 Adreno 640
GPU Architecture Qualcomm Adreno 300 Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency 598 MHz 675 MHz
Execution units 1 3
Shaders 24 768
DirectX 11 12.1
OpenCL API 1.2 2.0
Vulkan API 1.0 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 1280x800 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 16MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max Video Capture FullHD+@30fps 4K@120fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.15 Gbps 5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.08 Gbps 1.24 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 4.1 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS
SBAS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2016 Quarter 1 2019 Quarter 3
Partnumber MSM8917 SM8150-AC
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Low-end Flagship