Snapdragon 480 vs Dimensity 720

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 (with Adreno 619 graphics) and MediaTek Dimensity 720 (Mali-G57 MP3). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
  • Performs 2.4x better in floating-point computations
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 720
  • Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 8 nm)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~12%)
  • Better instruction set architecture
  • Shows better (up to 4%) AnTuTu 11 score โ€“ 452K vs 435K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
452426
CPU 187609 201559
GPU 47047 39273
Memory 88556 99876
UX 112498 111718
Total score 435710 452426
Samples [2 tests] [2 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
1844
Asset compression 84.9 MB/sec 92.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 33.9 pages/sec 43.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 50 Mpixels/sec 68.6 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 34.4 images/sec 36.1 images/sec
HDR 55.3 Mpixels/sec 57.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 5.26 images/sec 5.2 images/sec
Photo processing 6.51 images/sec 17.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.28 Mpixels/sec 2.6 Mpixels/sec
Samples 5 tests 71 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
1871
Background blur 2.07 images/sec 2.92 images/sec
Face detection 1.03 images/sec 1.52 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.07 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 0.58 Gpixels/sec 5.32 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 186 FPS 306.4 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples Less than 3 -

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 291 362
Stability 98% 97%
Graphics test 1 FPS 2 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
7678
Web score 6774 5280
Video editing score 3952 5528
Data manipulation score 6917 5876
Photo editing score 15336 12194
Writing score 9524 7799
Phones tested 3 models Less than 3

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 41 FPS
[Low]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 43 FPS
[High]
Fortnite - 26 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends - 49 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz - 52 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 30 FPS
[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 30 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - Realme V3
720 x 1600
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Izzy)AnTuTu 11435710
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-01-01 (J4CK)Geekbench 6 GPU916
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-01-01 (J4CK)Geekbench 6 CPU688 / 1762
๐Ÿ“˜ 2023-10-09 (Jesรบs GR)Geekbench 6 CPU693 / 1681
๐Ÿ“˜ 2023-09-19 (Guest #4)Geekbench 6 CPU689 / 1597
MediaTek Dimensity 720
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-13 (Hoร ng Tแปญ Bฤƒng)AnTuTu 11452426

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 480 and Dimensity 720

CPU

Architecture 2x 2 GHz โ€“ Kryo 460 Gold
6x 1.8 GHz โ€“ Kryo 460 Silver
2x 2 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process 8 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 3 W -
Manufacturing Samsung -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 619 Mali-G57 MP3
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 650 MHz 730 MHz
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 256 96
FLOPS 332.8 Gigaflops 140.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 MediaTek APU

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17 Gb/s 17.07 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP 1x 64MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X51 -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 800 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.1 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced January 2021 July 2020
Class Low end Mid range
Model number SM4350 MT6853V
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 official site MediaTek Dimensity 720 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 -

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