Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2800 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L2 cache
6 MB
0
L3 cache
12 MB
-
Process
4 nm
14 nm
TDP
8 W
11 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
L1 cache
-
64 KB
Transistor count
-
2

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 732
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
950 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
2
1
Shading units
384
256
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
64 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Yes
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 4.0
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
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. 18
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
5.4
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Mar 2024
Aug 2016
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
SM7675
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,407,086
-
Geekbench 6
1,913
391
Geekbench 6
5,098
797
FP32 (float)
1,459
334