Snapdragon 870 Vs Snapdragon 678
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 678 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 870
- Snapdragon 870 has 45.45% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (3200 vs 2200 MHz).
- Snapdragon 870 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 678 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 870 has 36.36% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (7 vs 11 nm).
- Snapdragon 870 has 127.25% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (644 K vs 283 K).
- Snapdragon 870 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
- Snapdragon 870 Support 195.30% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 678 (44 vs 14.9 MHz).
- Snapdragon 870 Support 316.67% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 678 (2500 vs 600 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
- Snapdragon 678 has 31.01% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (845 vs 645 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 179347 | 101216 |
GPU | 270188 | 51346 |
Memory | 98761 | 48181 |
UX | 95818 | 82701 |
Total score | 644114 | 283444 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 180.6 Mpixels/s | 102.2 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 25.25 images/s | 14.5 images/s |
Speech recognition | 54.7 words/s | 27.8 words/s |
Machine learning | 56.95 images/s | 23.7 images/s |
Camera shooting | 28 images/s | 13.7 images/s |
HTML 5 | - | 2.05 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 989.1 Mnodes/s | 527.2 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
33%
SD 8704%
SD 678Score: 4258
Stability | 90% | 99% |
Graphics test | 25 FPS | 2 FPS |
Score | 4258 | 482 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 678Display
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 | HDR10 |
Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | Up to 10-bit |
Color Gamut | Rec2020 | Rec2020 |
CPU
85%
SD 87058%
SD 678
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 1700 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3200 MHz | 2200 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
L1 cache | 512 KB | 16 KB |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 0.256 MB |
L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
Process | 7 nm | 11 nm |
Transistor count | - | 12 Billion |
TDP | 10 W | 6 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 650 | Adreno 612 |
Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 645 MHz | 845 MHz |
Execution units | 2 | 2 |
Shading units | 512 | 96 |
FLOPS | 1,267 Gigaflops | 354 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2 x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | Hexagon 685 |
Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP |
Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 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 |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | X55 | X12 |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 12 |
5G support | Yes | No |
Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | - |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | - |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
Announced Date | January 2021 | December 2020 |
Class | Flagship | Mid-range |
Model number | SM8250-ACSM8250-AC | SM6150-AC |
Official page | Snapdragon 870 official site | Snapdragon 678 official site |