Snapdragon 660 vs Snapdragon 480

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 (with Adreno 512 graphics) and Snapdragon 480 (Adreno 619). 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 660
  • 10% higher CPU clock speed (2200 vs 2000 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
  • Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
  • Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 14 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 25%) AnTuTu 11 score – 435K vs 347K
  • Supports 22% higher memory bandwidth (17 against 13.9 GB/s)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
435710
CPU 154446 187609
GPU 25654 47047
Memory 73588 88556
UX 94307 112498
Total score 347995 435710
Samples [3 tests] [2 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 76.5 MB/sec 84.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 43.7 pages/sec 33.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 49.7 Mpixels/sec 50 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 10.5 images/sec 34.4 images/sec
HDR 40 Mpixels/sec 55.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 1.67 images/sec 5.26 images/sec
Photo processing 8.15 images/sec 6.51 images/sec
Ray tracing 1.84 Mpixels/sec 2.28 Mpixels/sec
Samples 5 tests 5 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 0.55 images/sec 2.07 images/sec
Face detection 0.43 images/sec 1.03 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching - 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 0.57 Gpixels/sec 0.58 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 35.8 FPS 186 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
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 1 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 5521 6774
Video editing score 5256 3952
Data manipulation score 5354 6917
Photo editing score 10096 15336
Writing score 6394 9524
Phones tested Less than 3 3 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-23 (Mihnea)GeekBench CPU359 / 1318
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-26 (4x4)AnTuTu341240
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Seeker)AnTuTu347995
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-07 (udachnik)CPU Throttle87%
πŸ“˜ 2024-09-15 (MαΊ«n VΔƒn CΓ΄ng)GeekBench CPU357 / 1312
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

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 480

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.84 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
2x 2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2200 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 2 MB -
Process 14 nanometers 8 nanometers
Transistor count 1.75 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 3 W
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 512 Adreno 619
Architecture Adreno 500 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 647 MHz 650 MHz
Pipelines 1 2
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 128 256
FLOPS 165.6 Gigaflops 332.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.0 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 11 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 680 Hexagon 686

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 13.9 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2560 x 1600 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X12 Snapdragon X51
4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 18
5G support No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 800 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2017 January 2021
Class Mid range Low end
Model number SDM660 SM4350
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

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Total votes: 221

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