Snapdragon 720G vs Snapdragon 678 Benchmarks and Specs comparison

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

Table of Contents

Specifications
Benchmarks
Conclusion
Other Similar Comparisons

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.