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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
  • GPU: Adreno 530
  • Cores: 4
  • Clock: 2150 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 โ€“ an 4-core chipset that was announced on November 10, 2015, and is manufactured using a 14-nanometer process technology. It has 2 cores Kryo at 2150 MHz and 2 cores Kryo at 1593 MHz.

Review

CPU Performance
12
Gaming Performance
4
Battery life
58
NanoReview Score
20
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Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
333877
CPU 131994
GPU 36166
Memory 63256
UX 102461
Total score 333877
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
356
Multi-Core Score
615
Asset compression 28.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 19.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 28 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 6.36 images/sec
HDR 25.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 1.39 images/sec
Photo processing 6.33 images/sec
Ray tracing 789.4 Mpixels/sec
Samples Less than 3
Compute Score (GPU)
507
Background blur 1.58 images/sec
Face detection 0.86 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 4.09 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 81.6 FPS
API OpenCL

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
5627
Web score 4378
Video editing score 5152
Data manipulation score 4144
Photo editing score 11831
Writing score 5024

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-01-05 (Saber)Geekbench 6 CPU356 / 615
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Specifications

Detailed specifications of the Snapdragon 820 SoC with Adreno 530 graphics

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.15 GHz โ€“ Kryo
2x 1.593 GHz โ€“ Kryo
Cores 4
Frequency 2150 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A
L1 cache 64 KB
L2 cache 1 MB
Process 14 nanometers
Transistor count 2 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 11 W
Manufacturing Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 530
Architecture Adreno 500
GPU frequency 510 MHz
Pipelines 1
Shading units 256
Total shaders 256
FLOPS 261.1 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.0
OpenCL version 2.0
DirectX version 11

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 680

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4
Memory frequency 1866 MHz
Bus 2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth 29.8 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

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
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X12
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, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced November 2015
Class Flagship
Model number MSM8996
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Phebsauvm September 16, 2026 at 05:39 AM
Please lengthen this
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Pablo R December 29, 2025 at 04:23 AM
As with other people in the comments, I've got good memories of this chipset. The LG G5 was a fantastic phone quite ahead of its time and was powered by this Snapdragon 820. The removable battery was quite easy to replace and commuity custom ROMs made it so I could still use it for a bit longer after LG dropped out of the mobile market. Back then I feel like manufacturers actually gave a crap about making a phone meant to last. Of course, I replaced it a while ago since it was outdated, but I have quite fond memories of the G5.
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Joe April 22, 2025 at 09:04 AM
GPU frequency 624 -> 510 MHz FLOPS 319.4 -> 261.1 Gigaflops
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snapdragon December 19, 2024 at 04:41 PM
The chipset is great. But it gives 5 fps. And the score is 888 on 3d mark. OnePlus 3 (a3003) please correct it.
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_Suru December 4, 2024 at 03:45 PM
i have owned a Le Max 2 (Leeco brand from china) for the last 7 years. bought it right at the time it released, for about 850$ and it is the best experience of having a phone back then. I love all about it, but unfortunately, 820 is outdated, and my screen is dead so i have to upgrade, though for most games it is still kicking. It is the greatest phone ive own, and i still keep it in a glass box to remember about those good old day ive spent with this phone. RIP my first wife.
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Nup September 26, 2024 at 09:53 PM
I have owned a Galaxy S7 Edge for over 5 years. It was one of THE best android smartphones. Is powered by this exact CPU/GPU chipset. Unfortunately, a dying battery and limited software support (Android 8) is forcing me to upgrade. It is an amazing machine, but it's outclassed nowadays. RIP Galaxy S7 Edge, you will be remembered as one of the best. (Not to be confused with the Note 7)
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