Snapdragon 780G was revealed by Qualcomm in March 2021. It’s a 5nm chipset with Kryo 670 CPU with ARM Cortex A-78, which gives a 40% performance boost compared to the last gen. This is s a solid chipset for mid-range gaming smartphones.
Below is a complete list of Snapdragon 780G smartphones, a comparison with similar chipsets and benchmarks like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
List of Snapdragon 780G smartphones
Which phones have Snapdragon 780G? The following smartphone has this chipset. some of them are already out and some are yet to release
- Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite
- Xiaomi Mi 13 Lite 5G(upcoming)
- Zte Axon A41 Ultra
Out of these smartphones, only Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite is released with snapdragon 780g; others are rumored to have this chipset.
Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite features a 6.55″ 90Hz AMOLED display, 64-megapixel triple camera, and 4,250 mAh battery with 33W fast charging support. The smartphone is priced at £334.
Why there aren’t many snapdragon 780g smartphones?
Snapdragon 780g Specs comparison against other chipsets
Here is the full specification of snapdragon 780g compared with similar chipsets, snapdragon 870, snapdragon 865, and snapdragon 860.
| Snapdragon 780G | Snapdragon 870 | Snapdragon 865 | Snapdragon 860 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size | 5nm | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm |
| Cores | 8 1x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo 670 Prime) 3x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo 670 Gold) 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 670 Silver) | 8 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) | 8 1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) | 8 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
| Clock speed | 2.4GHz | 3.2GHz | 2.84GHz | 2.96GHz |
| GPU | Adreno 642 | Adreno 650 | Adreno 650 | Adreno 640 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Memory | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory Speed | 2.13GHz | 2.75GHz | 2.75GHz | 2.13GHz |
| TDP | 5W | 10W | 10W | 10W |
| AI(NPU) | Hexagon 770 | Hexagon 698 | Hexagon 690 | Hexagon 690 |
| Storage | UFS 3.0 | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.0 |
| Modem | X53 | X55 | X55 | X24 LTE, X50 5G |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Release | March 2021 | January 2021 | December 2019 | March 2021 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs Snapdragon 860 Full benchmark comparison
CPU
Snapdragon 780G has an octa-core CPU, First one is Cortex- A78 running at 2.4GHz. Additional three performance cores are also Cortex-A78 at 2.2Ghz clock speed. The remaining four Cortex-A55 run at 1.9GHz.
GPU
Adreno 642 is an integrated GPU in Snapdragon 780g, which runs at 490MHz. It gives about 50% better performance than Adreno 620.
AI
Speaking of AI, It has 6th gen Hexagon 770 with 12 TOPs and 2x performance improvements over the predecessor.
Memory and Storage
It supports up to 12GB LPDDR4X at 2133 MHz memory frequency. The storage type is UFS 3.0
Multimedia
The max display resolution is 3360×1600 pixels on this chipset. It supports a 192-megapixel resolution on a single camera and two 20-megapixel cameras.
Connectivity
Snapdragon 780g has X53 5G modem with 1200mbps download and 210mbps upload speed. It also supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2
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Benchmarks
AnTuTu score
- Overall: 5,19,976
- CPU: 1,62,219
- GPU: 1,59,957
- Memory: 84,324
- UX: 1,13,496
Geekbench 5
- Single-core: 807
- Multi-core: 2,886
Is Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G good?
As you can see, snapdragon 780g is showing some substantial numbers in AnTuTu 9 Benchmarks. It has received a nice boost in GPU performance. In comparison, graphical performance is slightly better than Snapdragon 778G. Snapdragon 780g provides really good performance while being energy efficient and it also has 5G connectivity. All of these things make it a really good processor for midrange gaming smartphones.
Gaming Performance
As we already mentioned it poses a 5G network with solid performance. On top of that, it has 120Hz refresh along with HDR support both of which are nice to have for a great gaming experience. This chipset will easily handle popular smartphone games BGMI at 60fps. But it might give you some problems with an extremely demanding game like Genshin Impact. Overall gaming performance won’t disappoint you.
