Snapdragon 778G vs A11 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G (Adreno 642) with the older 6-core Apple A11 Bionic (Apple A11 GPU) SoC. 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 778G
  • Performs 2.1x better in floating-point computations
  • Announced 3-years and 9-months later
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 10 nm)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 45%) AnTuTu 10 score – 593K vs 408K
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A11 Bionic
  • Higher GPU frequency (~94%)
  • Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 25.6 GB/s)
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Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
593053
408617
CPU 201145 116319
GPU 135347 97105
Memory 127473 75477
UX 126594 118162
Total score 593053 408617
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
1092
Multi-Core Score
2857
2364
Asset compression 160 MB/sec 104 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 64.3 pages/sec 53.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 97.1 Mpixels/sec 50.2 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 55.6 images/sec 15.5 images/sec
HDR 91.7 Mpixels/sec 83.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 11.1 images/sec 9.18 images/sec
Photo processing 20.3 images/sec 30.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.27 Mpixels/sec 3.19 Mpixels/sec
Compute Score (GPU)
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3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
A11 Bionic +39%
3432
Stability 98% 71%
Graphics test 14 FPS 20 FPS
Score 2462 3432

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 59 FPS
[High]
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Call of Duty: Mobile 42 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Fortnite 27 FPS
[Low]
-
Shadowgun Legends 49 FPS
[Ultra]
-
World of Tanks Blitz 94 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Genshin Impact 53 FPS
[High]
-
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Device Oppo Realme GT Master Edition
1080 x 2400
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 778G and A11 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2.39 GHz – Monsoon
4x 1.42 GHz – Mistral
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2400 MHz 2390 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache - 64 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 8 MB
Process 6 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistor count - 4.3 billion
TDP 5 W 8 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 642 Apple A11 GPU
Architecture Adreno 600 Apple GPU
GPU frequency 550 MHz 1066 MHz
Execution units 2 3
Shading units 384 64
Total shaders 768 192
FLOPS 844 Gigaflops 409.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 770 Apple M10
Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2436 x 1125
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 36MP 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem X53 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 12
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced May 2021 September 2017
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7325 APL1W72
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G official site -

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