Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 460. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  6 5
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Qualcomm Snapdragon 460

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.80 GHz 1.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.80 GHz 1.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  1.80 GHz 1.80 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  2x Kryo 460 Gold 4x Kryo 240 Gold
• B core
  6x Kryo 460 Silver 4x Kryo 240 Silver

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 619 Qualcomm Adreno 610
• GPU frequency
  0.95 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Shader
  128 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  2 0
• Generation
  6 6
• DirectX Version
  12.1 12.1
• Technology
  8 nm 11 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q2/2019

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR3-933LPDDR4X-1866
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 1

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G and Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G and Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• Architecture
  Kryo 460 Kryo 240
• Technology
  8 nm 11 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q1/2020
• Part Number
  SM4350 SM4250-AA