Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 vs Apple A19

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
2x 4.26 GHz –4x 2.51 GHz –
Frequency
2150 MHz
4260 MHz
Cores
4
6
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
1404 KB
L2 cache
0
12 MB
Process
14 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
2
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TDP
11 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
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12 MB

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 530
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GPU frequency
624 MHz
1620 MHz
Execution units
1
80
Shading units
256
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Vulkan version
1.0
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
11
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
8533 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
68.26 GB/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
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Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
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Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.1
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Nov 2015
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8996
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Official page
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AI

NPU
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Neural Engine

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
260,148
1,916,678
Geekbench 6
323
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Geekbench 6
827
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FP32 (float)
319
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