Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 720
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  1 2

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 8 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Kryo 360 Gold 2x Kryo 465 Gold
• B-Core
  6x Kryo 360 Silver 6x Kryo 465 Silver
• Frequency
  1.70 GHz 1.80 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.30 GHz 2.30 GHz
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.30 GHz 2.30 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 616 Qualcomm Adreno 618
• GPU frequency
  0.75 GHz 0.70 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.75 GHz No turbo
• Shader
  256 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 4 GB
• Max. displays
  0 2
• Generation
  6 6
• Direct X
  12.1 12.1
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2018 Q2/2019

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G and Qualcomm Snapdragon 712. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-1866 LPDDR4X-1866
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 712, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Architecture
  Kryo 360 Kryo 465
• Technology
  10 nm 8 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q1/2020
• Part Number
  -- SM7125