Snapdragon 480 vs Helio P35

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 (with Adreno 619 graphics) and MediaTek Helio P35 (PowerVR GE8320). 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 7.7x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.2x) AnTuTu 11 score – 435K vs 199K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 12 nm)
  • Supports 14% higher memory bandwidth (17 against 14.9 GB/s)
Pros of MediaTek Helio P35
  • 15% higher CPU clock speed (2300 vs 2000 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~5%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
435710
199111
CPU 187609 98565
GPU 47047 12261
Memory 88556 48524
UX 112498 39761
Total score 435710 199111
Samples [2 tests] [11 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
689
476
Multi-Core Score
1597
828
Asset compression 84.9 MB/sec 62.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 33.9 pages/sec 28.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 50 Mpixels/sec 33.2 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 34.4 images/sec 10.6 images/sec
HDR 55.3 Mpixels/sec 29.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 5.26 images/sec 0.88 images/sec
Photo processing 6.51 images/sec 5.59 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.28 Mpixels/sec 1.76 Mpixels/sec
Samples 5 tests 5 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
916
330
Background blur 2.07 images/sec 0.22 images/sec
Face detection 1.03 images/sec 0.14 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.07 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.05 Gpixels/sec -
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec -
Stereo matching 0.58 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 186 FPS 29.3 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples Less than 3 2 tests

3DMark

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

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
7678
4824
Web score 6774 4493
Video editing score 3952 3869
Data manipulation score 6917 4019
Photo editing score 15336 7357
Writing score 9524 5560
Phones tested 3 models 4 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Izzy)AnTuTu435710
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-01 (J4CK)GeekBench GPU916
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-01 (J4CK)GeekBench CPU688 / 1762
πŸ“˜ 2023-10-09 (JesΓΊs GR)GeekBench CPU693 / 1681
πŸ“˜ 2023-09-19 (Guest #4)GeekBench CPU689 / 1597
MediaTek Helio P35
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-27 (uday)AnTuTu200285
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (Fintex)AnTuTu193141
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-02 (Muhanmmad Iskandar Sahar)AnTuTu216878
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-27 -> USAball386AnTuTu191161
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-12 -> Karlue392007CPU Throttle78%

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 480 and Helio P35

CPU

Architecture 2x 2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver
4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Process 8 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 3 W 2.2 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 619 PowerVR GE8320
Architecture Adreno 600 PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue)
GPU frequency 650 MHz 680 MHz
Pipelines 2 4
Shading units 128 8
Total shaders 256 32
FLOPS 332.8 Gigaflops 43.5 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 1.2
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 No

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1600 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17 Gb/s 14.9 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2400 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP 1x 25MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
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 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced January 2021 December 2018
Class Low end Low end
Model number SM4350 MT6765
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 official site MediaTek Helio P35 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 - MediaTek Helio G35

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