Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2200 MHz
2150 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
16 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
11 nm
14 nm
TDP
6 W
11 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
Transistor count
-
2

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 612
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
845 MHz
624 MHz
Execution units
2
1
Shading units
96
256
Vulkan version
1.1
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 685
Hexagon 680
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 192MP, 2x 25MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced
Dec 2020
Nov 2015
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
SM6150-AC
MSM8996
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
340,607
260,148
Geekbench 6
685
323
Geekbench 6
1,568
827
FP32 (float)
324
319