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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
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
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 103367 | 181161 |
GPU | 83956 | 294446 |
Memory | 61234 | 103174 |
UX | 96732 | 145388 |
Total score | 345289 | 724169 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | - | - |
Face detection | - | - |
Speech recognition | - | - |
Machine learning | - | - |
Camera shooting | - | - |
HTML 5 | - | - |
SQLite | - | - |
3DMark
8%
SD 480 Plus48%
TensorScore: 6235
Stability | - | 56% |
Graphics test | 5 FPS | 37 FPS |
Score | 980 | 6235 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus and Google TensorDisplay
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 | - | - |
CPU
58%
SD 480 Plus74%
Tensor
Processor Speed (Frequency)
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 |
Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 2200 MHz | 2800 MHz |
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 |
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 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 17 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
Max size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
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 |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | Snapdragon X51 | Exynos 5300g |
4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 24 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 7350 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 1500 Mbps | Up to 3670 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
Announced Date | October 2021 | October 2021 |
Class | Low end | Flagship |
Model number | SM4350-AC | S5E9845 |
Official page | Snapdragon 480 Plus official site | Tensor official site |