Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 4 cores 2342MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs. 8 cores 2800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (29.8GB/s vs 17GB/s)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.576 TFLOPS vs 0.3343 TFLOPS )

Higher Frequency (2800MHz vs 2342MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (5W vs 11W)

Released 3 years and 9 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

233076

Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G +106%

480375

FP32 (float)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

334

Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G +72%

576

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G

CPU

2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo

Architecture

1x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76)
1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76)
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55)

2342 MHz

Frequency

2800 MHz

4

Cores

8

ARMv8-A

Instruction set

ARMv8.3-A

1 MB

L2 cache

-

14 nm

Process

7 nm

2

Transistor count

-

11 W

TDP

5 W

Samsung

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Adreno 530

GPU name

Adreno 620

653 MHz

GPU frequency

750 MHz

1

Execution units

2

256

Shading units

192

8

Max size

12

0.3343 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.576 TFLOPS

1.0

Vulkan version

1.1

2.0

OpenCL version

2.0

11

DirectX version

12.1

Memory

LPDDR4

Memory type

LPDDR4X

1866 MHz

Memory frequency

2133 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

2x 16 Bit

29.8 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

17 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Hexagon 680

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 696

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0

Storage type

UFS 3.0

3840 x 2160

Max display resolution

2520 x 1080

1x 28MP, 2x 13MP

Max camera resolution

1x 192MP, 2x 22MP

4K at 30FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

X12

Modem

X52

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 12

4G support

LTE Cat. 18

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 600 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 3700 Mbps

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 1600 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

6

4.1

Bluetooth

5.0

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Aug 2016

Announced

May 2020

Flagship

Class

Mid range

MSM8996 Pro-AC

Model number

SM7250-AC

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G

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