Overview - Snapdragon 678 Vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 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 16
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 678 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 99
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 678 61
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 678 29
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 95
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 678 Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 101216 635739
GPU 51346 1237734
Memory 48181 460296
UX 82701 457187
Total score 283444 2790956
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 30.18% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (1100 vs 845 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 150.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 678 (5333 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 72.73% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (3 vs 11 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 884.66% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (2,791 K vs 283 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Support 473.15% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 678 (85.4 vs 14.9 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 529
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 3155

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 1536
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 9723

Image compression

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Snapdragon 678 102.2
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Face detection

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Snapdragon 678 14.5
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 678 27.8
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 678 23.7
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 678 13.7
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 678 2.05
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

SQLite

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Snapdragon 678 527.2
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 140 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

42%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

107%
Base Frequency

4320 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
    6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache 16 KB -
  • L2 cache 0.256 MB 12 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 11 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion -
  • TDP 6 W 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 612 Adreno 830
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 800
  • GPU frequency 845 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 96 768
  • FLOPS 354 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
  • DirectX version 12 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 85.4 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 685 Hexagon
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2540
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X12 Snapdragon X80
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - -
  • 4G Download Speed 600 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
  • 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
16%
GPU
10%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
61%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

CPU
98%
GPU
99%
Memory
62%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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