Snapdragon 678 Vs Snapdragon 480 Plus
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 vs Snapdragon 480 Plus 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
- Snapdragon 678 has 2.42% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 480 Plus (845 vs 825 MHz).
- Snapdragon 678 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 480 Plus.
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
- Snapdragon 480 Plus has 27.27% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (8 vs 11 nm).
- Snapdragon 480 Plus has 21.82% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (345 K vs 283 K ).
- Snapdragon 480 Plus Support 14.09% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 678 (17 vs 14.9 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 101216 | 103367 |
GPU | 51346 | 83956 |
Memory | 48181 | 61234 |
UX | 82701 | 96732 |
Total score | 283444 | 345289 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
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 6788%
SD 480 PlusScore: 980
Stability | 99% | - |
Graphics test | 2 FPS | 5 FPS |
Score | 482 | 980 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 PlusDisplay
Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 120Hz | FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 900 × 1600, 1080 × 2520 |
Max External Display | - | - |
HDR | HDR10 | - |
Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
Color Gamut | Rec2020 | - |
CPU
64%
SD 67864%
SD 480 Plus
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 1700 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 2200 MHz | 2200 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8-A | - |
L1 cache | 16 KB | - |
L2 cache | 0.256 MB | - |
L3 cache | - | - |
Process | 11 nm | 8 nm |
Transistor count | 12 Billion | - |
TDP | 6 W | 3 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 612 | Adreno 619 |
Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 845 MHz | 825 MHz |
Execution units | 2 | 2 |
Shading units | 96 | 128 |
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 | Hexagon 686 |
Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 |
Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP |
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)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
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 1500 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 2021 |
Class | Mid-range | Low end |
Model number | SM6150-AC | SM4350-AC |
Official page | Snapdragon 678 official site | Snapdragon 480 Plus official site |