Snapdragon 690 vs Snapdragon 480

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 (with Adreno 619 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 690
  • Shows slightly better (up to 15%) AnTuTu 11 score โ€“ 499K vs 435K
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
  • Higher GPU frequency (~15%)
  • Performs 15% better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 14% higher memory bandwidth (17 against 14.9 GB/s)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
499040
CPU 205382 187609
GPU 52431 47047
Memory 78632 88556
UX 162595 112498
Total score 499040 435710
Samples Less than 3 [2 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 96.3 MB/sec 84.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 50.2 pages/sec 33.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 65 Mpixels/sec 50 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 38 images/sec 34.4 images/sec
HDR 59.1 Mpixels/sec 55.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 5.13 images/sec 5.26 images/sec
Photo processing 16.3 images/sec 6.51 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.8 Mpixels/sec 2.28 Mpixels/sec
Samples 2 tests 5 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 1.52 images/sec 2.07 images/sec
Face detection 0.64 images/sec 1.03 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.07 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 2.92 Gpixels/sec 0.58 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 165.3 FPS 186 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 2 tests 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 - 6774
Video editing score - 3952
Data manipulation score - 6917
Photo editing score - 15336
Writing score - 9524
Phones tested - 3 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-10-07 (HXR)Geekbench 6 GPU966
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-10-07 (HXR)Geekbench 6 CPU780 / 1897
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

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 690 and Snapdragon 480

CPU

Architecture 2x 2 GHz โ€“ Kryo 560 Gold (Cortex-A77)
6x 1.7 GHz โ€“ Kryo 560 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2 GHz โ€“ Kryo 460 Gold
6x 1.8 GHz โ€“ Kryo 460 Silver
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process 8 nanometers 8 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 3 W
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 619 Adreno 619
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 565 MHz 650 MHz
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 256 256
FLOPS 289.3 Gigaflops 332.8 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 692 Hexagon 686
NPU theoretical performance 5 TOPS -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 14.9 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 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
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

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

Info

Announced June 2020 January 2021
Class Mid range Low end
Model number SM6350 SM4350
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

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Beepbopbeep July 31, 2022 at 02:41 AM
TDP matters when you're talking about a device that spends most of its time on battery so yes the TDP matters. I don't care about TDP on my i7 because guess what......it's a desktop!
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Kauรงuk September 25, 2024 at 07:04 PM
TDP matters on desktops too as this value translates to heat which means detoriation of the CPU
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