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29

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

Snapdragon 678

83

Points
Apple A17 Pro

A17 Pro
Overview - Snapdragon 678 Vs A17 Pro

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 vs A17 Pro SoCs by Qualcomm and Apple respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 6-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 16
A17 Pro 78
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 678 10
A17 Pro 82
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 678 61
A17 Pro 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 678 29
A17 Pro 83
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 678 A17 Pro
CPU 101216 399992
GPU 51346 620081
Memory 48181 265579
UX 82701 346005
Total score 283444 1631657
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A17 Pro

  • A17 Pro has 71.82% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (3780 vs 2200 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 65.44% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (1398 vs 845 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 678 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 72.73% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (3 vs 11 nm).
  • A17 Pro has 475.65% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (1,632 K vs 283 K ).
  • A17 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
  • A17 Pro 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
A17 Pro 2999

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 1536
A17 Pro 7779

Image compression

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Snapdragon 678 102.2
A17 Pro

Face detection

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Snapdragon 678 14.5
A17 Pro

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 678 27.8
A17 Pro

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 678 23.7
A17 Pro

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 678 13.7
A17 Pro

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 678 2.05
A17 Pro

SQLite

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Snapdragon 678 527.2
A17 Pro

3DMark

2%
Snapdragon 678
Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
51%
A17 Pro
Stability 79%

Graphics test 60 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

94%
Turbo Clock Speed

3780 MHz

42%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
     2x 3.78 GHz
    4x 2.02 GHz
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache 16 KB 256 KB
  • L2 cache 0.256 MB 16 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 11 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion 19 Billion
  • TDP 6 W 8 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 612 Apple A17 GPU
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Apple GPU
  • GPU frequency 845 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 2 6
  • Shading units 96 128
  • FLOPS 354 Gigaflops 2147.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 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 8 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 Neural Engine
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP
  • 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, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X12 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 12 -
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 600 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
CPU
16%
GPU
10%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
61%

Apple A17 Pro

Apple A17 Pro
CPU
78%
GPU
82%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Snapdragon 678 and A17 Pro?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A17 Pro with a 71.82% higher clock speed (3780 MHz vs 2200 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Snapdragon 678 and A17 Pro?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: A17 Pro with a 65.44% higher GPU clock speed (1398 MHz vs 845 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Snapdragon 678 and A17 Pro?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: A17 Pro with a 50.02% higher memory frequency (3200 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Snapdragon 678 and A17 Pro?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: A17 Pro with a 72.73% smaller transistor size (3 nm vs 11 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Snapdragon 678 and A17 Pro?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: A17 Pro with a 475.65% better score (1631657 vs 283444).