Overview - Snapdragon 678 Vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 678 19
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 28
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 678 12
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 23
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 678 61
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 678 31
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 46
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 678 Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
CPU 101216 131871
GPU 51346 163570
Memory 48181 114048
UX 82701 94884
Total score 283444 504373
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 13.02% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (955 vs 845 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 678 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 63.64% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (4 vs 11 nm).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 77.94% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (504 K vs 283 K ).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Support 71.81% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 678 (25.6 vs 14.9 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 529
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 916

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 1536
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 2106

Image compression

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Snapdragon 678 102.2
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

Face detection

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Snapdragon 678 14.5
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 678 27.8
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 678 23.7
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 678 13.7
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 678 2.05
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

SQLite

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Snapdragon 678 527.2
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 1200 x 2520
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

77%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

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

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 612 Adreno 613
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 845 MHz 955 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 96 -
  • 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 25.6 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB -
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 685 Yes
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • 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 AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X12 Snapdragon X61
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
  • 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%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

CPU
28%
GPU
23%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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