Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Frequency
2342 MHz
2800 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
128 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
10 nm
Transistor count
2
3
TDP
11 W
9 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
Samsung
L3 cache
—
0
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 530
Adreno 630
GPU frequency
653 MHz
710 MHz
Execution units
1
2
Shading units
256
256
Vulkan version
1.0
1.1
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Hexagon 685
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 192MP
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, 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
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.1
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Announced
Aug 2016
Dec 2017
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
SDM845
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
391
566
Geekbench 6
797
2,075
FP32 (float)
334
727
AnTuTu 10
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448,489
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.