Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 vs Mediatek Helio G25

Qualcomm Snapdragon 460

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 (SM4250) is a lower mainstream SoC for (Android based) smartphones and tablets. It features eight cores in two clusters. A performance cluster with four ARM Cortex A73 cores and a efficiency cluster with four small ARM Cortex A53 cores. All cores can reach up to 1.8 GHz.

The integrated Qualcomm X11 LTE modem can reach Cat. 13 (400 Mbps max) download and Cat. 12 (150 Mbps max.) upload speeds. The SoC also integrates WiFi 6, however only MIMO 1x1 and therefore the top speed is not very good.

The SD460 is manufactured in the modern 11nm process and should be very energy efficient.

Mediatek Helio G25

The Mediatek Helio G25 is an entry level ARM SoC for smartphones (mainly Android based) that was introduced in late 2020. It is manufactured in a 12 nm FinFET process and is equipped with 8 ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores divided in two clusters. A performance cluster with 4 cores clocked at up to 2 GHz and a efficiency cluster clocked at up to 1.5 GHz. Compared to the similar Helio A25, the G25 clocks the GPU (+50 MHz) and the CPU cores higher (+200 MHz).

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a LTE Cat.4 modem, a LPDDR3-933 / LPDDR4-1200 / LPDDR4x-1600 memory controller, a IMG PowerVR GE8320 graphics card and a 1080p30 video de- and encoder (H.265 decoding, H.264 encoding).