Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
1x 2.3 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
Frequency
2342 MHz
2300 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
11 W
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 530
Adreno 810
GPU frequency
653 MHz
895 MHz
Execution units
1
-
Shading units
256
128
Vulkan version
1.0
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
3.0
DirectX version
11
12.1

Memory

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

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
-
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3360 x 1600
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 200MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
- H.264- H.265- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.1
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Aug 2016
Feb 2025
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
SM6650
Official page

AI

NPU
-
Yes

📊 Benchmark

Geekbench 6
391
1,130
Geekbench 6
797
3,013
FP32 (float)
334
458
AnTuTu 10
-
684,046