Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2400 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
4 nm
14 nm
Manufacturing
Samsung
Samsung
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L2 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
2
TDP
-
11 W

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 710
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
940 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
-
1
Shading units
-
256
Vulkan version
-
1.0
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
25.6 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 2.2
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Hexagon 680

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 2900 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1600 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.2
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Sep 2024
Aug 2016
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
SM6475-AB
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
570,038
-
FP32 (float)
481
334
Geekbench 6
-
391
Geekbench 6
-
797