Comparing Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

description_compare Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

• Name
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  3 3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• CPU Cores / Threads
  4 / 4 4 / 4
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Kryo 2x Kryo
• B-Core
  2x Kryo 2x Kryo
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  2.40 GHz 2.15 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  1.60 GHz 1.60 GHz

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 530 Qualcomm Adreno 530
• GPU frequency
  0.62 GHz 0.62 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.62 GHz 0.62 GHz
• Shader
  256 256
• Generation
  5 5
• Direct X
  11,1 11,1
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q4/2015

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode

• Memory type
  LPDDR4-1866 LPDDR4-1866
• Memory channels
  4 (Quad Channel) 4 (Quad Channel)
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet Chiplet
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Architecture
  Kryo Kryo
• Operating systems
  Android Android
• Virtualization
  None None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q4/2015
• Part Number
  MSM8996 Pro-AB MSM8996