Product Compare
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo | 2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz – |
| Frequency | 2342 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| Cores | 4 | 8 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 1792 KB |
| L2 cache | 0 | 24 MB |
| Process | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Transistor count | 2 | |
| TDP | 11 W | |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Adreno 530 | Adreno 840 |
| GPU frequency | 653 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | |
| Shading units | 256 | 512 |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | |
| DirectX version | 11 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gbit/s | |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 680 | |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0 | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 28MP, 2x 13MP | 1x 320MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Aug 2016 | Sep 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MSM8996 Pro-AC | SM8850 |
| Official page | Official Link ↗ | |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Hexagon | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 391 | 3834 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 797 | 12396 |
| FP32 (float) | 334 | 3686 |