Overview - Snapdragon 480 Plus Vs Tensor

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 480 Plus vs Tensor SoCs by Qualcomm and Google respectively. 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
Tensor 36
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 480 Plus 15
Tensor 34
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 480 Plus 71
Tensor 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 480 Plus 35
Tensor 51
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 480 Plus Tensor
CPU 103367 181161
GPU 83956 294446
Memory 61234 103174
UX 96732 145388
Total score 345289 724169
Key Differences

Pros of Google Tensor

  • Tensor has 27.27% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 480 Plus (2800 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Tensor has 2.79% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 480 Plus (848 vs 825 MHz).
  • Tensor has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 480 Plus (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Tensor has 37.5% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 480 Plus (5 vs 8 nm).
  • Tensor has 109.73% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 480 Plus (724 K vs 345 K ).
  • Tensor Support 201.18% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 480 Plus (51.2 vs 17 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 480 Plus 505
Tensor 1026

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 480 Plus 1637
Tensor 2879

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test 5 FPS
Stability 56%

Graphics test 37 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz 4k, FHD+ @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 900 × 1600, 1080 × 2520 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - HDR
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
    2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set - ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 3 MB
  • L3 cache - 4 MB
  • Process 8 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 3 W 5.6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 619 Mali-G78 MP20
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 825 MHz 848 MHz
  • Execution units 2 20
  • Shading units 128 320
  • 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 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Tensor Processing Unit
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X51 Exynos 5300g
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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%

Google Tensor

CPU
36%
GPU
34%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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