Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Snapdragon 778G Plus

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus (with Adreno 640 graphics) and 778G Plus (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

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
  • Performs 67% better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (34.13 against 25.6 GB/s)
  • 18% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2500 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~11%)
  • Shows better (up to 5%) AnTuTu 11 score – 859K vs 820K
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 319447 326258
GPU 140848 98347
Memory 160806 163894
UX 237983 231711
Total score 859084 820210
Samples [3 tests] [16 tests]

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 159.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 71.1 pages/sec 77 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 92.4 Mpixels/sec 118.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 62.4 images/sec 59 images/sec
HDR 85.4 Mpixels/sec 94.8 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.03 images/sec 11.5 images/sec
Photo processing 31.2 images/sec 27.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.8 Mpixels/sec 4.46 Mpixels/sec
Samples 159 tests 11 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 4.59 images/sec 5.54 images/sec
Face detection 1.99 images/sec 2.85 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.2 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 9.85 Gpixels/sec 3.62 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 507.1 FPS 267.6 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 2 tests 9 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score - 735
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 4 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
Web score - 10381
Video editing score - 7005
Data manipulation score - 9312
Photo editing score - 23875
Writing score - 13809

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 39 FPS
[Ultra]
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Call of Duty: Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]
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Fortnite 29 FPS
[Medium]
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Shadowgun Legends 53 FPS
[Ultra]
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World of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS
[Ultra]
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Genshin Impact 39 FPS
[Ultra]
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS
[Ultra]
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Device Realme X3 Superzoom
1080 x 2400
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-10 (Jay Bee)AnTuTu793601
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-07 (Gadgi)AnTuTu859084
πŸ“˜ 2023-11-29 (Archie)GeekBench GPU2934
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 (Fizzo)AnTuTu806003
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-29 (Serj)AnTuTu759037
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 (Aroslav)AnTuTu854357
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Deividi)AnTuTu895081
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 -> SerhiiGeekBench CPU1059 / 3012

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 855 Plus and Snapdragon 778G Plus

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 2.5 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 2500 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 (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 5 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Adreno 642
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 675 MHz 608 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 256 256
Total shaders 768 512
FLOPS 1036.8 Gigaflops 622.6 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 690 Hexagon 770

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0 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
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 October 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8150-AC SM7325-AE
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G

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