Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Apple A19

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
2x 4.26 GHz –4x 2.51 GHz –
Frequency
2342 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
-
TDP
11 W
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L3 cache
-
12 MB

Graphics

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

Memory

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

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
-
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
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, VP8, VP9
- 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
-
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.1
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Aug 2016
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
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Official page
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AI

NPU
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Neural Engine

📊 Benchmark

Geekbench 6
391
-
Geekbench 6
797
-
FP32 (float)
334
-
AnTuTu 10
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1,916,678