78

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Google Tensor
Overview - Snapdragon 678 Vs Tensor

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 vs Tensor 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 36
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 678 12
Tensor 34
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 678 61
Tensor 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 678 31
Tensor 51
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 678 Tensor
CPU 101216 181161
GPU 51346 294446
Memory 48181 103174
UX 82701 145388
Total score 283444 724169
Key Differences

Pros of Google Tensor

  • Tensor has 27.27% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (2800 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Tensor has 0.36% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (848 vs 845 MHz).
  • Tensor has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 678 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Tensor has 54.55% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (5 vs 11 nm).
  • Tensor has 155.49% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (724 K vs 283 K ).
  • Tensor has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
  • Tensor 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 1026

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 1536
Tensor 2879

Image compression

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Snapdragon 678 102.2
Tensor

Face detection

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Snapdragon 678 14.5
Tensor

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 678 27.8
Tensor

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 678 23.7
Tensor

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 678 13.7
Tensor

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 678 2.05
Tensor

SQLite

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Snapdragon 678 527.2
Tensor

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability 56%

Graphics test 37 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz 4k, FHD+ @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10 HDR
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 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 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
    2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 16 KB -
  • L2 cache 0.256 MB 3 MB
  • L3 cache - 4 MB
  • Process 11 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion -
  • TDP 6 W 5.6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 612 Mali-G78 MP20
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 845 MHz 848 MHz
  • Execution units 2 20
  • Shading units 96 320
  • FLOPS 354 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 12 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 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
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

CPU
36%
GPU
34%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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