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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 480 Plus – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 870 Vs Snapdragon 480 Plus

Snapdragon 870
VS
Snapdragon 480 Plus
Snapdragon 870
Snapdragon 480 Plus
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 870
61
Snapdragon 480 Plus
31
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870
53
Snapdragon 480 Plus
22
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870
75
Snapdragon 480 Plus
71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870
63
Snapdragon 480 Plus
41

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
  • Snapdragon 870 has 45.45% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 480 Plus (3200 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 480 Plus (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 12.5% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 480 Plus (7 vs 8 nm).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 86.54% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 480 Plus (644 K vs 345 K).
  • Snapdragon 870 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 480 Plus.
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 158.82% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 480 Plus (44 vs 17 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 Support 212.50% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 480 Plus (2500 vs 800 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
  • Snapdragon 480 Plus has 27.91% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (825 vs 645 MHz).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 870
vs
Snapdragon 480 Plus

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 870 +88%
644114
Snapdragon 480 Plus
345289
CPU 179347 103367
GPU 270188 83956
Memory 98761 61234
UX 95818 96732
Total score 644114 345289

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 870 +106%
1038
Snapdragon 480 Plus
505
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 870 +118%
3569
Snapdragon 480 Plus
1637
Image compression 180.6 Mpixels/s -
Face detection 25.25 images/s -
Speech recognition 54.7 words/s -
Machine learning 56.95 images/s -
Camera shooting 28 images/s -
HTML 5 - -
SQLite 989.1 Mnodes/s -

3DMark

33%
SD 870
8%
SD 480 Plus
Score: 4258

Stability 90% -
Graphics test 25 FPS 5 FPS
Score 4258 980

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

Display

Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 900 × 1600, 1080 × 2520
Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
HDR HDR10+, HDR10 -
Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
Color Gamut Rec2020 -

  CPU

92%
SD 870
64%
SD 480 Plus
Processor Speed (Frequency)

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A -
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor count - -
TDP 10 W 3 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Adreno 619
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 645 MHz 825 MHz
Execution units 2 2
Shading units 512 128
FLOPS 1,267 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Hexagon 686
Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
2500
Snapdragon 480 Plus
800
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
7500
Snapdragon 480 Plus
2500
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
316
Snapdragon 480 Plus
210
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 870
3000
Snapdragon 480 Plus
1500
Modem X55 Snapdragon X51
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Peak Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Peak Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 1500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date January 2021 October 2021
Class Flagship Low end
Model number SM8250-ACSM8250-AC SM4350-AC
Official page Snapdragon 870 official site Snapdragon 480 Plus official site
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
CPU
61%
GPU
53%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

55.25


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
CPU
31%
GPU
22%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%

31


Review By TenzysTech

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