Overview - Snapdragon 480 Plus Vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 480 Plus vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoCs by Qualcomm. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 480 Plus 20
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 28
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 480 Plus 15
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 23
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 480 Plus 71
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 480 Plus 35
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 46
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 480 Plus Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
CPU 103367 131871
GPU 83956 163570
Memory 61234 114048
UX 96732 94884
Total score 345289 504373
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 15.76% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 480 Plus (955 vs 825 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 480 Plus (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 480 Plus (4 vs 8 nm).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 46.07% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 480 Plus (504 K vs 345 K ).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Support 50.59% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 480 Plus (25.6 vs 17 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 480 Plus 505
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 916

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 480 Plus 1637
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 2106

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test 5 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 900 × 1600, 1080 × 2520 1200 x 2520
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set - ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 8 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 3 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 619 Adreno 613
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 825 MHz 955 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 128 -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB -
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Yes
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X51 Snapdragon X61
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

CPU
20%
GPU
15%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

CPU
28%
GPU
23%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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