Overview - Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 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 7 Plus Gen 2 54
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 26
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 46
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 19
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 100
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 67
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 44
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
CPU 246704 105049
GPU 352464 110865
Memory 176323 90267
UX 171430 87211
Total score 946921 393392
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has 32.27% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (2910 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has 140.71% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (947 K vs 393 K).
  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1.
  • Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Support 16.36% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (25.6 vs 22 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 1656
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 779

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 4482
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 2269

3DMark

Stability 85%

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

2910 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2
    3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
    4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process - 4 nm
  • Transistor count 4 Billion -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 725 Adreno
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 580 MHz -
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units - -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.2 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 22 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 3360 x 1600 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X62 X62
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

CPU
54%
GPU
46%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
100%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

CPU
26%
GPU
19%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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