Google Tensor G4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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Google Tensor G4

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 3100MHz Google Tensor G4 vs. 4 cores 2342MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Google Tensor G4 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.5267 TFLOPS vs 0.3343 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (64GB/s vs 29.8GB/s)

Higher Frequency (3100MHz vs 2342MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Released 8 years late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Google Tensor G4 +404%

1176410

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

233076

FP32 (float)

Google Tensor G4 +656%

2526

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

334

Google Tensor G4

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

CPU

1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A520

Architecture

2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo

3100 MHz

Frequency

2342 MHz

8

Cores

4

ARMv9.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv8-A

-

L2 cache

1 MB

4 nm

Process

14 nm

-

Transistor count

2

-

TDP

11 W

Samsung

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Mali-G715 MP7

GPU name

Adreno 530

940 MHz

GPU frequency

653 MHz

-

Execution units

1

192

Shading units

256

16

Max size

8

2.5267 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.3343 TFLOPS

1.3

Vulkan version

1.0

2.0

OpenCL version

2.0

-

DirectX version

11

Memory

LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR4

4200 MHz

Memory frequency

1866 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

64 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

29.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 680

UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0

Storage type

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0

3840 x 2400

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

-

Max camera resolution

1x 28MP, 2x 13MP

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Exynos 5400

Modem

X12

Connectivity

-

4G support

LTE Cat. 12

Yes

5G support

No

-

Download speed

Up to 600 Mbps

-

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

7

Wi-Fi

5

5.3

Bluetooth

4.1

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Aug 2024

Announced

Aug 2016

Flagship

Class

Flagship

-

Model number

MSM8996 Pro-AC

-

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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