Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X32x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7152x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7103x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
3200 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv8-A
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
-
Process
4 nm
14 nm
TDP
6.3 W
11 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
L1 cache
-
64 KB
Transistor count
-
2

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 740
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
680 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
2
1
Shading units
1280
256
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
64 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
5.3
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Nov 2022
Aug 2016
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8550-AB
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,534,534
-
Geekbench 6
2,004
391
Geekbench 6
5,344
797
FP32 (float)
3,481
334