A novel maize variety designated X13K480 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13K480 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13K480 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13K480, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13K480. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13K480.