Snapdragon 678 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 vs Snapdragon 8 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.
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 8 Gen 2
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 45.45% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (3200 vs 2200 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 15.98% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (980 vs 845 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 96.91% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 678 (4200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 63.64% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (4 vs 11 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 350.44% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (1,277 K vs 283 K ).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 101216 | 270867 |
GPU | 51346 | 567801 |
Memory | 48181 | 239879 |
UX | 82701 | 198202 |
Total score | 283444 | 1276749 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 102.2 Mpixels/s | 251.3 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 14.5 images/s | 46.2 images/s |
Speech recognition | 27.8 words/s | 122.9 words/s |
Machine learning | 23.7 images/s | 114.1 images/s |
Camera shooting | 13.7 images/s | 51.7 images/s |
HTML 5 | 2.05 Mnodes/s | 5.81 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 527.2 Mnodes/s | 1510 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
4%
SD 678100%
SD 8 Gen 2Score: 12967
Stability | 99% | - |
Graphics test | 2 FPS | 81 FPS |
Score | 482 | 12967 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Display
Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 120Hz | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
Max External Display | - | 4K @ 60 Hz |
HDR | HDR10 | HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10 |
Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | Up to 10-bit |
Color Gamut | Rec2020 | Rec. 2020 |
CPU
58%
SD 67885%
SD 8 Gen 2
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 1700 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 2200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9-A |
L1 cache | 16 KB | - |
L2 cache | 0.256 MB | 1 MB |
L3 cache | - | 8 MB |
Process | 11 nm | 4 nm |
Transistor count | 12 Billion | - |
TDP | 6 W | 10 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 612 | Adreno 740 |
Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 700 |
GPU frequency | 845 MHz | 980 MHz |
Execution units | 2 | - |
Shading units | 96 | - |
FLOPS | 354 Gigaflops | - |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.3 |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5x |
Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 4200 MHz |
Bus | 2 x 16 Bit | 4 x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | - |
Max size | 8 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 685 | Yes |
Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 |
Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP | 1 x 200 MP |
Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 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 |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | X12 | Snapdragon X70 |
4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 24 |
5G support | No | Yes |
Peak Download speed | - | Up to 10000 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | - | Up to 3500 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.3 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
Announced Date | December 2020 | November 2022 |
Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
Model number | SM6150-AC | SM8550-AB |
Official page | Snapdragon 678 official site | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site |