Overview - Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Vs Snapdragon 480 Plus

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 480 Plus 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 7 Gen 1 34
Snapdragon 480 Plus 20
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 26
Snapdragon 480 Plus 15
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 86
Snapdragon 480 Plus 71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 49
Snapdragon 480 Plus 35
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Snapdragon 480 Plus
CPU 177123 103367
GPU 162367 83956
Memory 101455 61234
UX 120496 96732
Total score 561441 345289
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has 9.09% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 480 Plus (2400 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 480 Plus (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 480 Plus (4 vs 8 nm).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has 62.60% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 480 Plus (561 K vs 345 K).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 480 Plus.
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Support 50.59% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 480 Plus (25.6 vs 17 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Support 50.00% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 480 Plus (1200 vs 800 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

  • Snapdragon 480 Plus has 37.50% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (825 vs 600 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 812
Snapdragon 480 Plus 505

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 3081
Snapdragon 480 Plus 1637

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 17 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 5 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 144 Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3360 x 1600 900 × 1600, 1080 × 2520
  • Max External Display QHD @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A710
    3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
    2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A -
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 3 MB -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 4 nm 8 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 5 W 3 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 662 Adreno 619
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 600 MHz 825 MHz
  • Execution units - 2
  • Shading units 384 128
  • 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 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 686
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 3360 x 1600 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X62 Snapdragon X51
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

CPU
34%
GPU
26%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

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