Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G vs MediaTek Dimensity 800U

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G (SM4350-AC) is a lower mainstream SoC for (Android based) smartphones and tablets. It features eight cores in two clusters. A performance cluster with two ARM Cortex A76 cores at up to 2.2 GHz and a efficiency cluster with six small ARM Cortex A55 cores at up to 1.8 GHz. Compared to the older SD 480 5G, the 480+ offers 200 MHz higher clocked A76 cores.

The integrated Qualcomm X51 5G modem can reach up to 2.5 Gbps (5G) / 800 Mbps (LTE) download and 660 Mbps (5G) / 210 Mbps (LTE) upload speeds. The SoC also integrates WiFi 6 2x2 and Bluetooth 5.1.

The integrated Adreno 619 GPU is over 100% faster than the old Adreno 610 in the SD 460.

The SD480 is manufactured in the modern 8nm process and should be very energy efficient.

MediaTek Dimensity 800U

The Mediatek Dimensity 800U is a fast mid-range SoC with an integrated 5G modem. It includes two fast ARM Cortex-A76 cores at up to 2.4 GHz and six power efficient Cortex-A55 cores at up to 2 GHz (Octa-Core with Heterogeneous Multi-Processing). Furthermore, the chip integrates a 3 core ARM Mali-G57 MC3 GPU, a Wi-fi 5 modem, a LPDDR4x memory controller, a AI processing unit (APU 3.0) and video de- and encoding.

Compared to the Dimensity 820, the 800U offers lower clocked A76 cores and a slower GPU.

The Dimensity 800U is manufactured in the modern 7nm process and should be very power efficient.