Overview - Snapdragon 678 Vs Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 vs Snapdragon 7 Plus 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 7 Plus Gen 2 54
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 678 12
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 46
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 678 61
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 678 31
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 62
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 678 Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
CPU 101216 246704
GPU 51346 352464
Memory 48181 176323
UX 82701 171430
Total score 283444 946921
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

  • Snapdragon 678 has 45.69% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 (845 vs 580 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has 32.27% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (2910 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 678 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has 63.64% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (4 vs 11 nm).
  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has 234.08% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (947 K vs 283 K ).
  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
  • Snapdragon 7 Plus 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 7 Plus Gen 2 1656

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 1536
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 4482

Image compression

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Snapdragon 678 102.2
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

Face detection

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Snapdragon 678 14.5
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 678 27.8
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 678 23.7
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 678 13.7
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 678 2.05
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

SQLite

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Snapdragon 678 527.2
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability 85%

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz QHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3360 x 1600
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR10 HDR10+
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

2910 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)
    1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2
    3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-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 725
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 845 MHz 580 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 96 -
  • FLOPS 354 Gigaflops -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.2
  • 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 16 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 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3360 x 1600
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP
  • 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
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X12 X62
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
  • 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 7 Plus Gen 2

CPU
54%
GPU
46%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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