Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

The Snapdragon 821 is one of Qualcomm flagship CPU. It has 8 cores and was announced in 2016 Quarter 3. It has "big.LITTLE" cores-set: 4x (2.4 GHz), 4x (1.6 GHz). The processor is manufactured using a 14 nm process technology and supports UFS 2.0, 4G, LPDDR4.

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Snapdragon 821

232375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Snapdragon 821

353

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Snapdragon 821

857

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Number of cores	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A
Lithography	14 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million
TDP	11 Watt
Neural Processing	Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Adreno 530
GPU Architecture	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	650 MHz
Execution units	2
Shaders	256
DirectX	11.2
OpenCL API	2.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.1
Vulkan API	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 28MP, 2x
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes
5G network	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS