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Qualcomm
Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G
Qualcomm's March 2021 mid-range chip: a 5nm Kryo 670 CPU with a Cortex-A78 prime core up to 2.4GHz, an Adreno 642 GPU, a 12-TOPS Hexagon 770 AI engine and a triple-ISP camera pipeline. It adds an X53 sub-6GHz 5G modem and FastConnect 6900 Wi-Fi 6E, and powers phones such as the Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G.
Pros
- Kryo 670 CPU with Cortex-A78 cores up to 2.4 GHz, which Qualcomm says delivers a 40% performance uplift
- 5nm process, Adreno 642 GPU and on-device display support up to FHD+ at 144 Hz
- 6th-gen AI Engine with Hexagon 770, rated at 12 TOPS
- Spectra 570 triple 14-bit ISP captures three 25MP photos at once, plus 4K HDR10+ video
- FastConnect 6900 with Wi-Fi 6E rated up to 3.6 Gbps and Bluetooth 5.2
Cons
- X53 modem is sub-6GHz only, with no mmWave, rated up to 3.3 Gbps download
- Memory support is LPDDR4-class at up to 2.1 GHz, not LPDDR5
- Modest graphics by current standards: 3DMark Wild Life Extreme of about 830 in published results for the Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU still needs a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G
General
- Announced
- 2021
- Process
- 5 nm
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 1x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 + 3x2.2 GHz Cortex-A78 + 4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2.4 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Qualcomm Adreno 642
AI
- NPU
- Qualcomm Hexagon 770
- AI performance
- 12 TOPS
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-4200
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X53 5G Modem-RF System
- Max download
- 3.3 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
Media
- Max display
- FHD+ @ 144Hz
- Video capture
- 4K HDR
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 834Bottom 50%
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G good in 2026?
We haven't scored the Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G yet: there are no published CPU benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. Qualcomm's March 2021 mid-range chip: a 5nm Kryo 670 CPU with a Cortex-A78 prime core up to 2.4GHz, an Adreno 642 GPU, a 12-TOPS Hexagon 770 AI engine and a triple-ISP camera pipeline. It adds an X53 sub-6GHz 5G modem and FastConnect 6900 Wi-Fi 6E, and powers phones such as the Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G?
Cores: 8 · Process: 5 nm · GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 642
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G, MediaTek Dimensity 900, Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
