Qualcomm Dragonwing™
APQ8009
APQ8

The Qualcomm Dragonwing™ APQ8009 processor is engineered to support industry-standard Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity alongside quad-core processing power, supplemented by lowpower Qualcomm® Hexagon™ DSP processing and an Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU, for IoT applications.

Its quad-core application processor helps expand mass-market chipset capabilities to make rich multimedia features accessible to more consumers worldwide.

The APQ8009 has a high level of integration that reduces the bill-of-material (BOM) and board area. The cost and time-tocommercialization advantages of this SoC is designed to help drive wireless broadband adoption in mass markets around the world.

Qualcomm Smart Audio Platform and APQ8009 are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

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Benefits
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Single platform design

Higher integration helps to reduce PCB surface area, time to-commercialization, and BOM costs while adding more capabilities and processing power.

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Superior image quality and resolution

Integrated application processors and hardware cores eliminate multimedia co-processors, providing superior image quality and resolution for mobile devices while extending application times

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Integrated connectivity support

Integrated support for 802.11a/b/g/n, WI-FI, Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity

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Maximized performance and power efficiency

The heterogeneous architecture of the APQ8009 SoC is designed to allow applications to utilize the full spectrum of specialized processors within in order to maximize
performance and power efficiency.

Features

  • Adreno 304 GPU 3D graphics accelerator (up to 456 MHz) with latest API support
  • Hexagon 536 DSP designed to provide battery-efficient audio/video use cases
  • Heterogeneous architecture includes 32-bit, quad-core CPU @ up to 1.3GHz per core
  • Fabricated using the advanced 28 nm LP CMOS process
  • Qualcomm® Location Suite Gen 8C; support for three bands concurrently:
    • GPS, BeiDou and GLONASS or
    • GPS, BeiDou and Galileo
  • Integrated 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 low energy and GPS support
  • Provides dedicated support for industryleading codecs and other multimedia formats to support carrier deployments around the world.
  • Worldwide ecosystem of QTI vendors, customers, developers and embedded device OEMs
Specifications
Location
Satellite Systems
Beidou, GNSS, GLONASS, GPS
CPU
Architecture
32-bit
Clock Speed
Up to 1.3 GHz
DSP
Name
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 536
GPU
Name
Qualcomm® Adreno™ 304
Cellular Modem-RF
Performance Enhancement Technologies
Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution

Qualcomm Processor Security, Qualcomm Content Protection, Qualcomm RF Front-End, Qualcomm Aqstic, Qualcomm Hexagon, and Qualcomm Adreno are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. SOMs and development kits are made available through approved third-party distributors.

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Applications

Product Applications

IoT

Processing

IoT

Smart Home

IoT

Voice and Music Applications

Bluetooth

Connection Technology

Bluetooth

Specification Version

Cellular Modem-RF

Performance Enhancement Technologies

Location

Satellite Systems

Wi-Fi

Features

Wi-Fi

Generation

Wi-Fi

MIMO Configuration

Wi-Fi

Peak Speed

Wi-Fi

Peak Speed (range)

Wi-Fi

Spatial Streams

Wi-Fi

Spectral Bands

Wi-Fi

Standards

Audio

Qualcomm Aqstic™ technology support

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Number

Camera

Single Camera

Camera

Video Capture

Display

Maximum On-Device Display Resolution

Video Playback

Codecs

Video Playback

Resolution

Process Node and Technology

Process Node

Process Node and Technology

Technology

CPU

Architecture

CPU

Clock Speed

CPU

Number of Cores

DSP

Name

GPU

Name

Product Function

Application Processors

Product Function

Audio Components

Security

Features

Other

IoT

Application Processing

Smart Appliances

Smart Speakers

Bluetooth® Low Energy

Bluetooth® 4.1

Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution

Beidou
GNSS
GLONASS
GPS

MU-MIMO

Wi-Fi 4
Wi-Fi 5

2x2

Up to 364 Mbps

300-999 Mbps

Up to 2

2.4 GHz
5 GHz

802.11ac
802.11a
802.11b
802.11g
802.11n

Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology

Dual ISP

Up to 16 MP

Up to 720p @ 30 fps

720p

H.265 (High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC))
H.264 (Advanced Video Coding (AVC))

Up to 1080p

28 nm

LP

32-bit

Up to 1.3 GHz

4

Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 536

Qualcomm® Adreno™ 304

IoT

Processors

Qualcomm® Content Protection
Qualcomm® Processor Security

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