Overview - Snapdragon 678 Vs Snapdragon 720G

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 vs Snapdragon 720G 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 720G 21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 678 12
Snapdragon 720G 14
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 678 61
Snapdragon 720G 71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 678 31
Snapdragon 720G 35
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 678 Snapdragon 720G
CPU 101216 98820
GPU 51346 71078
Memory 48181 47158
UX 82701 52126
Total score 283444 269182
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

  • Snapdragon 678 has 12.67% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G (845 vs 750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 678 has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 720G (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 678 has 5.30% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 720G (283 K vs 269 K).
  • Snapdragon 678 Support 7.12% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 720G (14.9 vs 13.91 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

  • Snapdragon 720G has 4.55% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (2300 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 720G has 27.27% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (8 vs 11 nm).
  • Snapdragon 720G has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 529
Snapdragon 720G 569

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 1536
Snapdragon 720G 1780

Image compression

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Snapdragon 678 102.2
Snapdragon 720G 110.2

Face detection

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Snapdragon 678 14.5
Snapdragon 720G 13.1

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 678 27.8
Snapdragon 720G 27.3

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 678 23.7
Snapdragon 720G 26.1

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 678 13.7
Snapdragon 720G 15.7

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 678 2.05
Snapdragon 720G 2.16

SQLite

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Snapdragon 678 527.2
Snapdragon 720G 533.6

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - QHD @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR10 Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), 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

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 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 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 16 KB -
  • L2 cache 0.256 MB -
  • L3 cache - 1 MB
  • Process 11 nm 8 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion -
  • TDP 6 W 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 612 Adreno 618
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 845 MHz 750 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 96 128
  • FLOPS 354 Gigaflops 435 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 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 13.91 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 685 Qualcomm Hexagon 692 DSP
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV 384 kHz/32 bit
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X12 X15
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 15
  • 5G support No No
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, 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 720G

CPU
21%
GPU
14%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%
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