Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 821, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
• Segment
  Mobile
• Generation
  3
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  --

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• CPU Cores / Threads
  4 / 4
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Kryo
• B-Core
  2x Kryo
• C-Core
  --
• Frequency
  1.60 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.40 GHz
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  2.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No
• Overclocking
  No

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 530
• GPU frequency
  0.62 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.62 GHz
• Execution units
  0
• Shader
  256
• Max. GPU Memory
  --
• Max. displays
  0
• Generation
  5
• Direct X
  11,1
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2015

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• h264
  Decode
• VP8
  Decode
• VP9
  Decode
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  No
• VC-1
  Decode
• JPEG
  Decode

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  LPDDR4-1866
• Max. Memory
• Memory channels
  4
• ECC
  No
• PCIe
• AES-NI
  No

• TDP (PL1)
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP up
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
• L2-Cache
  --
• L3-Cache
  --
• Architecture
  Kryo
• Technology
  14 nm
• Virtualization
  None
• Socket
  N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2016
• Part Number
  MSM8996 Pro-AB

Common positions Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  1357 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  1389 place
• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  628 place