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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Snapdragon 678 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 – specs and benchmarks

Snapdragon 678 Vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

Snapdragon 678
VS
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Snapdragon 678
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 SoCs by Qualcomm. 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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 678
33
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
39
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 678
21
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
25
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 678
61
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 678
38
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
48

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
  • Snapdragon 678 has 10.00% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (2200 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 678 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1.
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 6.51% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (900 vs 845 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has -45.45% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (6 vs 11 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 36.92% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (388 K vs 283 K ).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Support 14.09% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 678 (17 vs 14.9 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 678
vs
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 678
283444
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 +36%
388092
CPU 101216 114597
GPU 51346 93082
Memory 48181 68776
UX 82701 111637
Total score 283444 388092

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 678
529
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 +17%
620
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 678
1536
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 +19%
1835
Image compression 102.2 Mpixels/s -
Face detection 14.5 images/s -
Speech recognition 27.8 words/s -
Machine learning 23.7 images/s -
Camera shooting 13.7 images/s -
HTML 5 2.05 Mnodes/s -
SQLite 527.2 Mnodes/s -

3DMark

4%
SD 678
0%
SD 4 Gen 1
Score: 482

Stability 99% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
Score 482 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

Display

Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
Max External Display - -
HDR HDR10 -
Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
Color Gamut Rec2020 -

  CPU

64%
SD 678
58%
SD 4 Gen 1
Frequency

Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1700 MHz 1800 MHz
Turbo Frequency 2200 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A -
L1 cache 16 KB -
L2 cache 0.256 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 11 6
Transistor count 12 Billion -
TDP 6 W -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 612 Adreno 619
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 845 MHz 900 MHz
Execution units 2 4
Shading units 96 -
FLOPS 354 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2 x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 685 Yes
Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 678
600
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
800
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 678
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
2500
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 678
150
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
210
5G (MB/s)
Snapdragon 678
N/A
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
900
Modem X12 Snapdragon X51
4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 18
5G support No Yes
Peak Download speed - Up to 2500 Mbps
Peak Upload speed - Up to 900 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date December 2020 October 2022
Class Mid-range Low end
Model number SM6150-AC SM4375
Official page Snapdragon 678 official site Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site
Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
CPU
65%
GPU
21%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
61%

35


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
CPU
39%
GPU
25%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

35.75


Review By TenzysTech

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