Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 678

78

Points

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

78

Points

Snapdragon 678

Features

Review

CPU Performance

Single and multi-core processor tests

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 49

Snapdragon 678 19

Gaming Performance

GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 51

Snapdragon 678 12

Battery Life

Efficiency of battery consumption

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 86

Snapdragon 678 61

Tenzys Tech Score

Overall chip score

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 62

Snapdragon 678 31

Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

	Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1	Snapdragon 678
CPU	243697	101216
GPU	478120	51346
Memory	191931	48181
UX	184166	82701
Total score	1097914	283444

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 45.45% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (3200 vs 2200 MHz).

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 6.51% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (900 vs 845 MHz).

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 678 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 63.64% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (4 vs 11 nm).

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 287.35% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (1,098 K vs 283 K).

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Support 243.62% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 678 (51.2 vs 14.9 MHz).

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Support 316.67% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 678 (2500 vs 600 MHz).

Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 1311

Snapdragon 678 529

Multi-Core Score

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 4117

Snapdragon 678 1536

Image compression

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Snapdragon 678 102.2

Face detection

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Snapdragon 678 14.5

Speech recognition

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Snapdragon 678 27.8

Machine learning

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Snapdragon 678 23.7

Camera shooting

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Snapdragon 678 13.7

HTML 5

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Snapdragon 678 2.05

SQLite

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Snapdragon 678 527.2

3DMark

51%

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Stability 69%

Graphics test 59 FPS

2%

Snapdragon 678

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS

Full list of technical specifications

Display

Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz FHD+ @ 120Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
HDR HDR10+ HDR10
Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut Rec2021 Rec2020

Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%

Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

58%

Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

91%

Base Frequency

2000 MHz

77%

Base Frequency

1700 MHz

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache - 16 KB
L2 cache - 0.256 MB
L3 cache 6 MB -
Process 4 nm 11 nm
Transistor count - 12 Billion
TDP - 6 W

Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 612
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 900 MHz 845 MHz
Execution units - 2
Shading units - 96
FLOPS - 354 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Full list of technical specifications

Memory

Memory frequency 3200 _MHz 2133 _MHz
Max bandwidth 51.2 _Gbit/s 14.9 _Gbit/s
Max Size 24 _GB 8 _GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Bus 4x16 Bit 2 x 16 Bit

Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 685
Storage type UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 Snapdragon X65 X12
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 12
5G support Yes No
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Full list of technical specifications

Info

Announced Date May 2022 December 2020
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number - SM6150-AC
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Snapdragon 678 official site

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

CPU

49%

GPU

51%

Memory

38%

Energy efficiency and battery life

86%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

CPU

19%

GPU

12%

Memory

25%

Energy efficiency and battery life

61%

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