Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A7153x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A7154x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2630 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv8-A
L3 cache
0
-
Process
4 nm
14 nm
TDP
6 W
11 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L2 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
2

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 720
Adreno 530
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
GPU frequency
-
653 MHz
Execution units
-
1
Shading units
-
256
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
Yes
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
3360 x 1600
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS, 1080p 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
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 22
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1600 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.3
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Nov 2023
Aug 2016
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
SM7550-AB
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
866,863
-
Geekbench 6
1,139
391
Geekbench 6
3,375
797
FP32 (float)
-
334