Snapdragon 480 vs Helio G85

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 (with Adreno 619 graphics) and MediaTek Helio G85 (Mali-G52 MP2). 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 3.5x better in floating-point computations
  • Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 12 nm)
  • Supports 27% higher memory bandwidth (17 against 13.41 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 25%) AnTuTu 11 score – 435K vs 348K
Pros of MediaTek Helio G85
  • Higher GPU frequency (~54%)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
435710
348562
CPU 187609 134798
GPU 47047 28350
Memory 88556 87667
UX 112498 97747
Total score 435710 348562
Samples [2 tests] [65 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
689
419
Multi-Core Score
1597
1461
Asset compression 84.9 MB/sec 75.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 33.9 pages/sec 38.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 50 Mpixels/sec 51.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 34.4 images/sec 25.2 images/sec
HDR 55.3 Mpixels/sec 45.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 5.26 images/sec 3.04 images/sec
Photo processing 6.51 images/sec 14.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.28 Mpixels/sec 1.99 Mpixels/sec
Samples 5 tests 35 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Helio G85 +15%
1056
Background blur 2.07 images/sec 1.73 images/sec
Face detection 1.03 images/sec 1.09 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.07 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 0.58 Gpixels/sec 3.58 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 186 FPS 100.4 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples Less than 3 17 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 80
Graphics test - 1 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
291
187
Score 291 187
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 1 FPS 1 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Helio G85 +11%
8539
Web score 6774 8358
Video editing score 3952 6167
Data manipulation score 6917 5552
Photo editing score 15336 16644
Writing score 9524 9124
Phones tested 3 models 20 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 45 FPS
[High]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 40 FPS
[Medium]
Fortnite - 21 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends - 49 FPS
[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz - 51 FPS
[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 46 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - Xiaomi Redmi Note 9
1080 x 2340
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
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Izzy)AnTuTu 11435710
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-01 (J4CK)Geekbench 6 GPU916
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-01 (J4CK)Geekbench 6 CPU688 / 1762
πŸ“˜ 2023-10-09 (JesΓΊs GR)Geekbench 6 CPU693 / 1681
πŸ“˜ 2023-09-19 (Guest #4)Geekbench 6 CPU689 / 1597
MediaTek Helio G85
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-15 (Bruno)AnTuTu 12411293
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (Carl M)AnTuTu 11346590
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 (Ramjan miah)AnTuTu 11320749
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-28 (whytezz)AnTuTu 11384012
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-07 (Jasur)AnTuTu 11345264

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 480 and Helio G85

CPU

Architecture 2x 2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process 8 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 3 W 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 619 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU frequency 650 MHz 1000 MHz
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 128 24
Total shaders 256 48
FLOPS 332.8 Gigaflops 96 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17 Gb/s 13.41 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X51 -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 7
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 800 Mbps Up to 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced January 2021 April 2020
Class Low end Low end
Model number SM4350 MT6769Z
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 official site MediaTek Helio G85 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 - MediaTek Helio G88

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