Google Tensor vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

VS

Google Tensor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2800MHz Google Tensor 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 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.1709 TFLOPS vs 0.3343 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 29.8GB/s)

Higher Frequency (2800MHz vs 2342MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (5.6W vs 11W)

Released 5 years and 2 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Google Tensor +299%

930661

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

233076

FP32 (float)

Google Tensor +549%

2170

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

334

Google Tensor

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

CPU

2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55

Architecture

2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo

2800 MHz

Frequency

2342 MHz

8

Cores

4

ARMv8.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv8-A

3 MB

L2 cache

1 MB

0

L3 cache

-

5 nm

Process

14 nm

-

Transistor count

2

5.6 W

TDP

11 W

Samsung

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Mali-G78 MP20

GPU name

Adreno 530

848 MHz

GPU frequency

653 MHz

20

Execution units

1

64

Shading units

256

12

Max size

8

2.1709 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.3343 TFLOPS

1.3

Vulkan version

1.0

2.0

OpenCL version

2.0

12

DirectX version

11

Memory

LPDDR5

Memory type

LPDDR4

3200 MHz

Memory frequency

1866 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

51.2 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

29.8 Gbit/s

AI

Tensor Processing Unit

NPU

-

Multimedia (ISP)

Tensor Processing Unit

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 680

UFS 3.1

Storage type

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0

3840 x 2160

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 200MP, 2x 32MP

Max camera resolution

1x 28MP, 2x 13MP

4K at 60FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

4K at 60FPS

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 5300g

Modem

X12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24

4G support

LTE Cat. 12

Yes

5G support

No

Up to 7350 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 600 Mbps

Up to 3670 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

5

5.2

Bluetooth

4.1

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Oct 2021

Announced

Aug 2016

Flagship

Class

Flagship

S5E9845

Model number

MSM8996 Pro-AC

Google Tensor

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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