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Google Tensor G2
Overview - Snapdragon 678 Vs Tensor G2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 vs Tensor G2 SoCs by Qualcomm and Google respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 678 19
Tensor G2 39
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 678 12
Tensor G2 36
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 678 61
Tensor G2 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 678 31
Tensor G2 52
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 678 Tensor G2
CPU 101216 203226
GPU 51346 298514
Memory 48181 114682
UX 82701 157662
Total score 283444 774084
Key Differences

Pros of Google Tensor G2

  • Tensor G2 has 29.55% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (2850 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Tensor G2 has 0.59% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (850 vs 845 MHz).
  • Tensor G2 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 678 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Tensor G2 has 54.55% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (5 vs 11 nm).
  • Tensor G2 has 173.10% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (774 K vs 283 K ).
  • Tensor G2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
  • Tensor G2 Support 243.62% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 678 (51.2 vs 14.9 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 529
Tensor G2 1059

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 1536
Tensor G2 3251

Image compression

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Snapdragon 678 102.2
Tensor G2 168.3

Face detection

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Snapdragon 678 14.5
Tensor G2 24.5

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 678 27.8
Tensor G2 69.4

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 678 23.7
Tensor G2 71.2

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 678 13.7
Tensor G2 31.2

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 678 2.05
Tensor G2 2.97

SQLite

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Snapdragon 678 527.2
Tensor G2 1010

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability 72%

Graphics test 38 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz Ultra HD(4K)
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10 HDR10+, HDR
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

77%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X1
    2x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.4-A
  • L1 cache 16 KB -
  • L2 cache 0.256 MB -
  • L3 cache - 4 MB
  • Process 11 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion -
  • TDP 6 W 7 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 612 Mali-G710 MP7
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 3
  • GPU frequency 845 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 2 7
  • Shading units 96 112
  • FLOPS 354 Gigaflops 1153 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 685 Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X12 Exynos 5300g
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

CPU
19%
GPU
12%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
61%

Google Tensor G2

CPU
39%
GPU
36%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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