Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Frequency
2342 MHz
2400 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
6 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
11 W
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 530
Adreno 610
GPU frequency
653 MHz
1110 MHz
Execution units
1
1
Shading units
256
128
Vulkan version
1.0
1.1
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
12.1

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
17 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Hexagon 686
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
1K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 13
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.1
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Aug 2016
Oct 2021
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
SM6225
Official page

📊 Benchmark

Geekbench 6
391
414
Geekbench 6
797
1,447
FP32 (float)
334
284
AnTuTu 10
-
310,059