We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 4 cores 2150MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 vs. 8 cores 1400MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more. Main DifferencesQualcomm Snapdragon 820's Advantages Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.3194 TFLOPS vs 0.0432 TFLOPS ) Higher Frequency (2150MHz vs 1400MHz) More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 28nm) Qualcomm Snapdragon 430's Advantages ScoreBenchmarkAnTuTu 10 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820+92% 260148 Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 135324 Geekbench 6 Single Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820+56% 323 Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 206 Geekbench 6 Multi Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 827 Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 832 FP32 (float) Qualcomm Snapdragon 820+641% 319 Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 43 CPU2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo 2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo Architecture 8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53 2150 MHz Frequency 1400 MHz TSMC Manufacturing Samsung GraphicsAdreno 530 GPU name Adreno 505 624 MHz GPU frequency 450 MHz 0.3194 TFLOPS FLOPS 0.0432 TFLOPS MemoryLPDDR4 Memory type LPDDR3 1866 MHz Memory frequency 800 MHz 29.8 Gbit/s Max bandwidth - Multimedia (ISP)Hexagon 680 Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 536 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0 Storage type eMMC 5.1 3840 x 2160 Max display resolution 1920 x 1200 1x 28MP, 2x 13MP Max camera resolution 1x 21MP 4K at 30FPS Video capture 1K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS Video playback 1080p at 60FPS H.264, H.265 Video codecs H.264, H.265 AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV ConnectivityLTE Cat. 12 4G support LTE Cat. 4 Up to 600 Mbps Download speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps Upload speed Up to 75 Mbps GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS InfoNov 2015 Announced Sep 2015 MSM8996 Model number MSM8937 Related CPU Comparisons |