Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 – an 4-core chipset that was announced on July 16, 2016, and is manufactured using a 14-nanometer process technology. It has 2 cores Kryo at 2342 MHz and 2 cores Kryo at 1600 MHz.

CPU Performance

32

Gaming Performance

28

Battery life

59

NanoReview Score

38

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

340

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

746

AnTuTu Benchmark 8

175229

Specifications

Detailed specifications of the Snapdragon 821 SoC with Adreno 530 graphics

CPU

Architecture	2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo 2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Cores	4
Frequency	2342 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8-A
L1 cache	64 KB
L2 cache	3 MB
Process	14 nanometers
Transistor count	2 billion

Graphics

GPU name	Adreno 530
Architecture	Adreno 500
GPU frequency	653 MHz
Number of ALUs	256
FLOPS	519 Gigaflops
Vulkan version	1.0
OpenCL version	2.0
DirectX version	11.2

Memory

Memory type	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	1866 MHz
Bus	4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth	29.8 Gbit/s
Max size	6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

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 60FPS
Video codecs	H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs	192 кГц/24 бит

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	July 2016
Class	Flagship
Model number	MSM8996 Pro
Official page	Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 official site