Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2. 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 1
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ1/SQ2

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
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.80 GHz 3.15 GHz
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  1.80 GHz 3.15 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)

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 690
• GPU frequency
  0.95 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Shader
  128 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB --
• Max. displays
  2 0
• Generation
  6 6
• Technology
  8 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q4/2020

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-2133
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 8

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G and Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 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 495
• Technology
  8 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2021 2020
• Part Number
  SM4350 --