Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 730

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Frequency
2342 MHz
2200 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
8 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
11 W
5 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
Samsung

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 530
Adreno 618
GPU frequency
653 MHz
700 MHz
Execution units
1
2
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
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Qualcomm Hexagon 688
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
UFS 3.0
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 15
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 800 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.1
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced
Aug 2016
Apr 2019
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
SM7150-AA
Official page

📊 Benchmark

Geekbench 6
391
698
Geekbench 6
797
1,645
FP32 (float)
334
358
AnTuTu 10
-
367,428