Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Samsung Exynos 1580

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
Frequency
2342 MHz
2900 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
Samsung

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 530
Samsung Xclipse 540
GPU frequency
653 MHz
-
Execution units
1
-
Shading units
256
-
Vulkan version
1.0
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
12.1

Memory

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

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
-
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
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. 18
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 5100 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 1280 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.1
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Aug 2016
Oct 2024
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
S5E8855
Official page

AI

NPU
-
Yes
Theoretical Performance
-
14.7 TOPS

📊 Benchmark

Geekbench 6
391
-
Geekbench 6
797
-
FP32 (float)
334
-
AnTuTu 10
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841,545