Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Samsung Exynos 980
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A776x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
2342 MHz
2200 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
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Process
14 nm
8 nm
Transistor count
2
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TDP
11 W
9 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 530
Mali-G76 MP5
GPU frequency
653 MHz
728 MHz
Execution units
1
5
Shading units
256
36
Vulkan version
1.0
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
34.1 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Yes
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3360 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 3550 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 1380 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.1
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Aug 2016
Sep 2019
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
S5E9630
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
391
869
Geekbench 6
797
1,867
FP32 (float)
334
262
AnTuTu 10
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433,794
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.