Overview - Snapdragon 480 Plus Vs Tensor G3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 480 Plus vs Tensor G3 SoCs by Qualcomm and Google respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 9-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 G3 52
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 480 Plus 15
Tensor G3 46
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 480 Plus 71
Tensor G3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 480 Plus 35
Tensor G3 61
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 480 Plus Tensor G3
CPU 103367 281756
GPU 83956 364449
Memory 61234 148341
UX 96732 181913
Total score 345289 976459
Key Differences

Pros of Google Tensor G3

  • Tensor G3 has 32.27% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 480 Plus (2910 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Tensor G3 has 7.88% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 480 Plus (890 vs 825 MHz).
  • Tensor G3 has 96.91% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 480 Plus (4200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Tensor G3 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 480 Plus (4 vs 8 nm).
  • Tensor G3 has 182.79% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 480 Plus (976 K vs 345 K ).
  • Tensor G3 Support 276.47% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 480 Plus (64 vs 17 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 480 Plus 505
Tensor G3 1626

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 480 Plus 1637
Tensor G3 3598

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 4K
  • Max On-Display Resolution 900 × 1600, 1080 × 2520 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

2910 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

77%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
    4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 9
  • Instruction set - ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 8 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 3 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 619 Mali-G715 MP7
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 4th gen
  • GPU frequency 825 MHz 890 MHz
  • Execution units 2 7
  • Shading units 128 192
  • FLOPS - 2415.8 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Yes
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
  • 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 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • 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 5300i
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
  • 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 G3

CPU
52%
GPU
46%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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