Snapdragon 730G vs Snapdragon 680
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G (with Adreno 618 graphics) and Snapdragon 680 (Adreno 610). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
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
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
- Performs 49% better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 17%) AnTuTu 10 score – 362K vs 310K
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
- Announced 2-years and 7-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 8 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~35%)
- 9% higher CPU clock speed (2400 vs 2200 MHz)
- Supports 14% higher memory bandwidth (17 against 14.9 GB/s)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 116816 | 108793 |
| GPU | 71185 | 48003 |
| Memory | 79215 | 88540 |
| UX | 94420 | 64306 |
| Total score | 362732 | 310899 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 93.1 MB/sec | 90 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 47.6 pages/sec | 46.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 66.1 Mpixels/sec | 64.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 34.7 images/sec | 16.3 images/sec |
| HDR | 55 Mpixels/sec | 51.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 5.3 images/sec | 3.06 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 16.2 images/sec | 11.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.76 Mpixels/sec | 2.52 Mpixels/sec |
Compute Score (GPU)
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | 90% |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Score | 997 | 441 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 47 FPS [High] |
59 FPS [Medium] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 38 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Low] |
| Fortnite | 27 FPS [Medium] |
23 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 65 FPS [Low] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 51 FPS [Ultra] |
62 FPS [Medium] |
| Genshin Impact | - | 26 FPS [Low] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 54 FPS [Ultra] |
54 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite 1080 x 2340 |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 1080 x 2400 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 730G and Snapdragon 680CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2200 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| TDP | 5 W | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 618 | Adreno 610 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 825 MHz | 1110 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 1 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 422.4 Gigaflops | 284 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12.1 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 688 | Hexagon 686 |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP | 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X15 | X11 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 15 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 800 Mbps | Up to 390 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | April 2019 | October 2021 |
| Class | Mid range | Low end |
| Model number | SM7150-AB | SM6225 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 official site |
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