Snapdragon 845 vs Snapdragon 778G
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (with Adreno 630 graphics) and Snapdragon 778G (Adreno 642). 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 845
- Higher GPU frequency (~29%)
- 17% higher CPU clock speed (2800 vs 2400 MHz)
- Supports 16% higher memory bandwidth (29.8 against 25.6 GB/s)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
- Announced 3-years and 6-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 10 nm)
- Shows better (up to 39%) AnTuTu 10 score – 598K vs 432K
- Performs 16% better in floating-point computations
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 124365 | 227704 |
| GPU | 129769 | 138588 |
| Memory | 75447 | 123225 |
| UX | 98872 | 126259 |
| Total score | 432028 | 598639 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 104.1 MB/sec | 160 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 68.5 pages/sec | 64.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 74.9 Mpixels/sec | 97.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 18.1 images/sec | 55.6 images/sec |
| HDR | 71.5 Mpixels/sec | 91.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 6.01 images/sec | 11.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 20.5 images/sec | 20.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 3.02 Mpixels/sec | 4.27 Mpixels/sec |
Compute Score (GPU)
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 81% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Score | 1438 | 2462 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 53 FPS [Ultra] |
59 FPS [High] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 55 FPS [High] |
42 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | 28 FPS [Ultra] |
27 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 48 FPS [High] |
49 FPS [Ultra] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
94 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | - | 53 FPS [High] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Xiaomi Pocophone F1 1080 x 2246 |
Oppo Realme GT Master Edition 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 845 and Snapdragon 778GCPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
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) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2800 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | - |
| TDP | 9 W | 5 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 630 | Adreno 642 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 710 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 256 | 384 |
| Total shaders | 512 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 727 Gigaflops | 844 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12.1 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gbit/s | 25.6 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 685 | Hexagon 770 |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 36MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X20 | X53 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 1600 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | December 2017 | May 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | SDM845 | SM7325 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G official site |
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