Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Snapdragon 720G vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoCs, manufactured by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and
Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan
Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the
Chip
Key Differences
Pros of Snapdragon 720G
- Snapdragon 720G has 4.55% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (2300 vs 2200 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 27.33 % higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G ( 955 vs 750 MHz).
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 71.49 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 720G ( 3200 vs 1866 MHz).
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 50.00 % smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 720G ( 4 vs 8 nm).
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 87.37 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 720G ( 504 K vs 269 K).
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Support 84.04 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 720G ( 25.6 vs 13.91 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 98820 | 131871 |
| GPU | 71078 | 163570 |
| Memory | 47158 | 114048 |
| UX | 52126 | 94884 |
| Total score | 269182 | 504373 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Score | 1037 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 720G and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2300MHz | 2200MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | 1 MB | - |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 618 | Adreno 613 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 750 MHz | 955 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | - |
| Shading units | 128 | - |
| Total shaders | 256 | - |
| FLOPS | 435 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Qualcomm Hexagon 692 DSP | Yes |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 13.91 Gbit/s | 25.6 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | - |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | 384 kHz/32 bit | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X15 | Snapdragon X61 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 15 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | - | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 800 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 5G | - | Up to 900 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 150 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | January 2020 | June 2023 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | SM7125 | SM4450 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 720G official site | Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 official site |