Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G with octa-core processor and Adreno 618 GPU against Snapdragon 678 with the almost similar processor and Adreno 612 GPU. Below you will find a detailed comparison of both chipsets with AnTuTu, Geekbench, and gaming benchmarks.
You will find Snapdragon 720G in Poco M2 Pro, Redmi Note 9 Pro/Pro max, Redmi Note 9S, Samsung Galaxy A72, Realme 8 Pro, and some more smartphones at the same price range. Snapdragon 678 is only available in Redmi Note 10 and Moto G Stylus 2021.
Before we proceed to benchmarks, let’s take a look at the specifications comparison of Snapdragon 678 and Snapdragon 720G
Specifications
CPU
| Snapdragon 720G | Snapdragon 678 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 8 2x 2.3GHz – Cortex A76(Kryo 465 Gold) 6x 1.8GHz – Cortex A55(Kryo 465 Silver) | 8 2x 2.2GHz – Cortex A76(Kryo 460 Gold) 6x 1.8GHz – Cortex A55(Kryo 460 Silver) |
| Clock speed | 2300 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Fabrication Process | 8nm | 11nm |
| Architecture | ARMv8.2-A | ARMV8-A |
| L1 Cache | – | 16 kb |
| L2 Cache | – | 256 kb |
| L3 Cache | 1 Mb | – |
| TDP | 5W | 6W |
Architecture wise both chipsets are almost similar, except snapdragon 678 has slightly less clock speed. The main difference is process size. The snapdragon 720g is built smaller 8nm process which provides more power efficiency.
GPU
| Snapdragon 720G | Snapdragon 678 | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Adreno 618 | Adreno 612 |
| GPU clock speed | 750 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Shading unit | 128 | 96 |
| FLOPS | 435 | 354 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
At first glance at you won’t find much difference in GPU. SD 720g has a little higher clock speed, more shading units, and FLOPS. The gap between these two doesn’t look that big from here, but go ahead and look at GPU performance benchmarks below. you will be really surprised.
Multimedia and Memory
| Snapdragon 720G | Snapdragon 678 | |
|---|---|---|
| Display resolution | 2520 x 1080 pixels | 2520 x 1080 pixels |
| Camera | Spectra 350L ISP | Spectra 250L ISP |
| Camera resolution | 1 x 32 megapixels 2 x 16 megapixels max 192 megapixel | 1 x 25 megapixels 2 x 16 megapixels max 192 megapixel |
| Video resolution | 4k @ 30fps | 4k @ 30fps |
| Storage | UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| AI Engine | Hexagon 692 | Hexagon 685 |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory speed | 1866 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Size | 8 GB | 8GB |
| Bus | 2 x 16 bit | 2 x 16 bit |
| Bandwidth | 13.91 Gbps | 14.9 Gbps |
In this department both are almost similar except snapdragon 678 supports less camera resolution on a single camera.
Connectivity and Other info
| Snapdragon 720G | Snapdragon 678 | |
|---|---|---|
| Modem | X15, LTE Cat. 15 | X12 LTE, LTE Cat. 12 |
| Download speed | 800 Mbps | 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | 150 Mbps | 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5 |
| Charging | Quick Charge 4 | Quick Charge 4+ |
| Release date | January 2020 | December 2020 |
Speaking of connectivity, SD 720g is ahead of SD 678 by offering all the latest connectivity options like Bluetooth 5.1 and wi-fi 6.
Benchmarks
This is an AnTutu, Geekbench 5, and gaming benchmarks comparison between snapdragon 678 and snapdragon 720g.
AnTuTu
| POCO M2 Pro(SD 720 ) | Redmi Note 10(SD 678) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2,70,780(+11%) | 2,40,291 |
| CPU | 99,720(+4%) | 95,335 |
| GPU | 72,175(+40%) | 42,677 |
| Memory | 46,214(-12%) | 52,062 |
| UX | 52,671(+4%) | 50,217 |
Geekbench 5
| Single-core | 567(+4%) | 542 |
| Multi-core | 1762(+19%) | 1417 |
Gaming Performance
| PUBG Mobile (Medium) | 46 fps | 37 fps |
| Call of Duty: Mobile (Medium) | 49 fps | 40 fps |
| Genshin Impact (Low) | 36 fps | 16 fps |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (High) | 29 fps | 51 fps |
Conclusion
So which one is better out of these two? Snapdragon 720g performs 11% in overall AnTuTu score and has 40%(almost twice) better GPU performance than Snapdragon 678. On the other hand, SD 678 has 12% more memory performance.
In Geekbench 5, Both chipsets don’t have a major difference in single-core performance however snapdragon 720g beats snapdragon 678 by 19% in multi-core performance.
As you can see, slightly higher clock speed, better GPU, and multi-core performance also give the edge to snapdragon 720g in gaming benchmarks. However, for some weird reason, snapdragon 678 gives better results in MOBA legends.
So, because of the all things like better gaming performance, more power efficiency, latest connectivity options, and higher camera resolution support, snapdragon 720g emerges victor among battle of these two chipset.
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