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Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Snapdragon 778G

Snapdragon 855 Plus
VS
Snapdragon 778G
Snapdragon 855 Plus
Snapdragon 778G

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus (with Adreno 640 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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v10
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments

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 855 Plus
  • Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (34.13 against 25.6 GB/s)
  • 23% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2400 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~23%)
  • Performs 23% better in floating-point computations
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
  • Announced 1-year and 10-months later
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 8%) AnTuTu 10 score – 588K vs 547K
  • Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 855 Plus
vs
Snapdragon 778G

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 189066 201145
GPU 81227 135347
Memory 138673 127473
UX 140973 126594
Total score 547326 588862
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 130.6 MB/sec 160 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 71.1 pages/sec 64.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 92.4 Mpixels/sec 97.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 62.4 images/sec 55.6 images/sec
HDR 85.4 Mpixels/sec 91.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.03 images/sec 11.1 images/sec
Photo processing 31.2 images/sec 20.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.8 Mpixels/sec 4.27 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
Stability 97% 98%
Graphics test 14 FPS 14 FPS
Score 2364 2462

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 39 FPS
[Ultra]		 59 FPS
[High]
Call of Duty: Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 42 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 29 FPS
[Medium]		 27 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends 53 FPS
[Ultra]		 49 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 94 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 39 FPS
[Ultra]		 53 FPS
[High]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Realme X3 Superzoom
1080 x 2400		 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 855 Plus and Snapdragon 778G

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)		 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 2960 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 2 MB -
Process 7 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion -
TDP 6 W 5 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Adreno 642
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 675 MHz 550 MHz
Execution units 2 2
Shading units 384 384
Total shaders 768 768
FLOPS 1036.8 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 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 Hexagon 770
Storage type UFS 3.0 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, 2x 22MP 1x 192MP, 2x 36MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 X24 LTE, X50 5G X53
4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1240 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced July 2019 May 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8150-AC SM7325
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G official site

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