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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

SOC SOC
CPU
Architecture 2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency 2342 MHz 2800 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 950 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 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 28MP, 2x 13MP 1x 108MP, 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 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced Aug 2016 Mar 2023
Class Flagship Low end
Model number MSM8996 Pro-AC SM6225-AD
Official page Official Link ↗ Official Link ↗
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core 391 475
Geekbench 6 Multi Core 797 1517
FP32 (float) 334 243