Overview - Snapdragon 888 Vs Snapdragon 720G

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 888 vs Snapdragon 720G 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 888 43
Snapdragon 720G 21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 888 38
Snapdragon 720G 14
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 888 82
Snapdragon 720G 71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 888 54
Snapdragon 720G 35
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 888 Snapdragon 720G
CPU 211734 98820
GPU 306250 71078
Memory 133870 47158
UX 156641 52126
Total score 808495 269182
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

  • Snapdragon 888 has 23.48% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G (2840 vs 2300 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 12.00% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G (840 vs 750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 71.49% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 720G (3200 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 37.5% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 720G (5 vs 8 nm).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 200.35% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 720G (808 K vs 269 K).
  • Snapdragon 888 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 720G.
  • Snapdragon 888 Support 268.08% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 720G (51.2 vs 13.91 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 Support 212.50% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 720G (2500 vs 800 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 888 1126
Snapdragon 720G 569

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 888 3681
Snapdragon 720G 1780

Image compression

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Snapdragon 888 177.1
Snapdragon 720G 110.2

Face detection

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Snapdragon 888 26.5
Snapdragon 720G 13.1

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 888 67.7
Snapdragon 720G 27.3

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 888 59.9
Snapdragon 720G 26.1

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 888 37.5
Snapdragon 720G 15.7

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 888 3.96
Snapdragon 720G 2.16

SQLite

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Snapdragon 888 1060
Snapdragon 720G 533.6

3DMark

Stability 91%

Graphics test 30 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz QHD @ 60 Hz
  • HDR Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10 Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2840 MHz

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 4 MB 1 MB
  • Process 5 nm 8 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 660 Adreno 618
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 840 MHz 750 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 512 128
  • FLOPS 1720 Gigaflops 435 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 13.91 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 Qualcomm Hexagon 692 DSP
  • Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV 384 kHz/32 bit
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X60 X15
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 15
  • 5G support Yes No
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

CPU
43%
GPU
38%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

CPU
21%
GPU
14%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%
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