Comparing Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

description_compare Samsung Exynos 7884 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

• Name
  Samsung Exynos 7884 Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
• Family
  Samsung Exynos Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 7872/7884/7885/7904 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 8 4 / 4
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A73 2x Kryo
• B-Core
  6x Cortex-A53 2x Kryo
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  1.60 GHz 2.40 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  1.35 GHz 1.60 GHz

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G71 MP2 Qualcomm Adreno 530
• GPU frequency
  0.77 GHz 0.62 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.62 GHz
• Execution units
  2 0
• Shader
  32 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  1 0
• Generation
  Bifrost 1 5
• Direct X
  11 11,1
• Technology
  16 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q4/2015

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

• Memory type
  LPDDR4-1866 LPDDR4-1866
• Memory channels
  0 4 (Quad Channel)
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 Kryo
• Operating systems
  Android Android
• Virtualization
  None None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Release date
  Q2/2018 Q3/2016
• Part Number
  -- MSM8996 Pro-AB