Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2450 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
128 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
10 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
3
2
TDP
9 W
11 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 540
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
739 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
1
1
Shading units
384
256
Vulkan version
1.0
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 682
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 16
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 1000 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Nov 2016
Aug 2016
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8998
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
339,384
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Geekbench 6
415
391
Geekbench 6
1,519
797
FP32 (float)
567
334
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.