Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 (with Adreno 725 graphics) and Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (Adreno 710). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
  • Performs 3.4x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 133% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 22 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 79%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1317K vs 737K
  • 32% higher CPU clock speed (2910 vs 2200 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
  • Higher GPU frequency (~17%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 532680 306912
GPU 166554 74254
Memory 232990 161784
UX 384783 194104
Total score 1317007 737054
Samples [52 tests] [70 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 182 MB/sec 139.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 116.1 pages/sec 65.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 137.9 Mpixels/sec 99.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 112.4 images/sec 53.2 images/sec
HDR 137.2 Mpixels/sec 88.6 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 16.1 images/sec 9.21 images/sec
Photo processing 40.5 images/sec 25.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.62 Mpixels/sec 4.04 Mpixels/sec
Samples 51 tests 20 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 7.38 images/sec 2.77 images/sec
Face detection 3.36 images/sec 1.45 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.23 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.31 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.24 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 11.3 Gpixels/sec 3.58 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 772.3 FPS 227.3 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 23 tests 15 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 614 200
Stability 98% 99%
Graphics test 5 FPS 1 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1956 -
Stability 85% -
Graphics test 11 FPS -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
Web score - 11087
Video editing score - 6838
Data manipulation score - 8252
Photo editing score - 30771
Writing score - 12967
Phones tested - 10 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 77 FPS
[Ultra]
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Call of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS
[Ultra]
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Fortnite 38 FPS
[Ultra]
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Shadowgun Legends 81 FPS
[Ultra]
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World of Tanks Blitz 116 FPS
[Ultra]
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Genshin Impact 53 FPS
[Ultra]
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 114 FPS
[Ultra]
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Device Xiaomi Poco F5
1080 x 2400
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-03 (Rehan shaikh)AnTuTu1318003
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (MobileEngineer Harway)AnTuTu1304220
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-12 (Koreia27)AnTuTu1450376
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (emptyset0.00sec)CPU Throttle93%
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (emptyset0.00sec)GeekBench GPU6204
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-17 (zain)AnTuTu731773
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 (Alexis Santos)AnTuTu781186
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 (Iza)AnTuTu787589
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-28 (Joseph Gen number)AnTuTu811669
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-25 (Andreu)AnTuTu717114

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 and Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2910 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 1024 KB -
L2 cache 2 MB -
L3 cache 8 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 10.2 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 7 W
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 725 Adreno 710
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 700
GPU frequency 580 MHz 676 MHz
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 512 128
Total shaders 1024 256
FLOPS 1187.8 Gigaflops 346.1 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 22 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2560 x 1600 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 Snapdragon X62
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4400 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced March 2023 September 2022
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number SM7475-AB SM6450
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 official site
Successor - - Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

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