Snapdragon 480 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 (with Adreno 619 graphics) and Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (Adreno 613). 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 36% better in floating-point computations
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 8 nm)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~47%)
  • Supports 51% higher memory bandwidth (25.6 against 17 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 30%) AnTuTu 11 score – 568K vs 435K
  • 10% higher CPU clock speed (2200 vs 2000 MHz)
  • 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
568395
CPU 187609 201238
GPU 47047 46388
Memory 88556 157900
UX 112498 162869
Total score 435710 568395
Samples [2 tests] [17 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 84.9 MB/sec 113 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 33.9 pages/sec 56 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 50 Mpixels/sec 83.7 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 34.4 images/sec 44.7 images/sec
HDR 55.3 Mpixels/sec 72.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 5.26 images/sec 6.33 images/sec
Photo processing 6.51 images/sec 22.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.28 Mpixels/sec 3.15 Mpixels/sec
Samples 5 tests 14 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 2.07 images/sec 0.62 images/sec
Face detection 1.03 images/sec 0.32 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.07 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 0.58 Gpixels/sec 1.34 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 186 FPS 25.4 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples Less than 3 5 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
Web score 6774 9242
Video editing score 3952 4380
Data manipulation score 6917 7347
Photo editing score 15336 19716
Writing score 9524 13346
Phones tested 3 models 8 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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-24 (Googoo gaga)AnTuTu598730
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-21 -> LCSOnanoreviewGeekBench CPU902 / 2038
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-16 -> LCSOnanoreviewAnTuTu618186
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 (Arun gurjar)AnTuTu531608
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-12 (Ash)AnTuTu539456

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 480 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

CPU

Architecture 2x 2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process 8 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 3 W 4 W
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 619 Adreno 613
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 650 MHz 955 MHz
Pipelines 2 1
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 256 128
FLOPS 332.8 Gigaflops 244.5 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1200
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X51 Snapdragon X61
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 800 Mbps Up to 900 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.1 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced January 2021 June 2023
Class Low end Mid range
Model number SM4350 SM4450
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 -

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