Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
Frequency
2342 MHz
3800 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
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Process
14 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
2
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TDP
11 W
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Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 530
Adreno 829
GPU frequency
653 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
1
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Shading units
256
512
Vulkan version
1.0
1.4
OpenCL version
2.0
3.0
DirectX version
11
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
76.8 Gb/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
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Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2540
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.1
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Aug 2016
Nov 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
SM8845
AI
NPU
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Hexagon
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
391
2,749
Geekbench 6
797
9,860
FP32 (float)
334
2,457
AnTuTu 10
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3,561,559
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.