Snapdragon 780G vs Snapdragon 690

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G (with Adreno 642 graphics) and Snapdragon 690 (Adreno 619). 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 780G
  • Performs 2.6x better in floating-point computations
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 8 nm)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 57%) AnTuTu 11 score – 782K vs 499K
  • 20% higher CPU clock speed (2400 vs 2000 MHz)
  • Supports 14% higher memory bandwidth (17 against 14.9 GB/s)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
  • Higher GPU frequency (~15%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
782789
CPU 304111 205382
GPU 99905 52431
Memory 148356 78632
UX 230417 162595
Total score 782789 499040
Samples [4 tests] Less than 3

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 153.3 MB/sec 96.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 73.8 pages/sec 50.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 113.2 Mpixels/sec 65 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 56.1 images/sec 38 images/sec
HDR 92.7 Mpixels/sec 59.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 10.6 images/sec 5.13 images/sec
Photo processing 26.7 images/sec 16.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.21 Mpixels/sec 2.8 Mpixels/sec
Samples 3 tests 2 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 3.98 images/sec 1.52 images/sec
Face detection 1.58 images/sec 0.64 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.15 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.18 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 7.63 Gpixels/sec 2.92 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 494.4 FPS 165.3 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 2 tests 2 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 289 -
Stability 80% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 834 -
Stability 81% -
Graphics test 4 FPS -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 8401 -
Video editing score 6615 -
Data manipulation score 8713 -
Photo editing score 20935 -
Writing score 12064 -
Phones tested Less than 3 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-08 (TimXker)AnTuTu 11776265
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-29 (Kompyutershik)AnTuTu 11828838
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-25 (Morpheus)AnTuTu 11782789
πŸ“˜ 2024-06-19 (no)Geekbench 6 CPU965 / 2177
πŸ“˜ 2024-03-02 (oneyx)Geekbench 6 GPU2612
Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-07 (HXR)Geekbench 6 GPU966
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-07 (HXR)Geekbench 6 CPU780 / 1897

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 780G and Snapdragon 690

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2 GHz – Kryo 560 Gold (Cortex-A77)
6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 560 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2400 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 2 MB -
Process 5 nanometers 8 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W -
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 642 Adreno 619
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 490 MHz 565 MHz
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 256 128
Total shaders 512 256
FLOPS 752.6 Gigaflops 289.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 770 Hexagon 692
NPU theoretical performance - 5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17 Gb/s 14.9 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X53 Snapdragon X51
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 900 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced March 2021 June 2020
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number SM7350-AB SM6350
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

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