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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

SOC Qualcomm

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 is a SOC manufactured by Qualcomm, built on Qualcomm's officially announced Hexagon 680 process technology. This processor features a 4-core architecture design. The Thermal Design Power (TDP) is rated at 11 W. Overall specifications are targeted at mainstream high-performance application scenarios.

CPU

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Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2342 MHz
Cores
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
L2 cache
0
Process
14 nm
Transistor count
2
TDP
11 W
Manufacturing
Samsung

Graphics

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GPU name
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
653 MHz
Execution units
1
Shading units
256
Vulkan version
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
DirectX version
11

Memory

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

Multimedia (ISP)

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

Connectivity

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

Info

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Announced
Aug 2016
Class
Flagship
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Official page
Official Link ↗