Snapdragon 820 Mobile Platform

As one of the most cutting-edge mobile processors ever created, the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 820 mobile platform with X12 LTE supports the ultimate in connectivity, graphics, photogra....

As one of the most cutting-edge mobile processors ever created, the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 820 mobile platform with X12 LTE supports the ultimate in connectivity, graphics, photography, power and battery efficiency. See firsthand how we’ve designed the 820 from the ground up to be unlike anything else.

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Lightning-fast LTE

The Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem offers 3x faster peak upload speeds and 33% faster peak download speeds compared to those of X10 LTE.

Immersive visual graphics

The Qualcomm® Adreno™ 530 GPU offers 40% improvement to graphics performance, compute capabilities, and power usage when compared to Adreno 430.

Spectra Camera ISP

14-bit Qualcomm Spectra™ Image Signal Processor (ISP) supports the capture of up to 28 megapixels with zero shutter lag.

Powerful Kryo CPU

As our first custom-designed 64-bit quad-core CPU, the Kryo CPU uses Qualcomm® Symphony System Manager as an intelligent resource management tool for Snapdragon that extends control of task scheduling and power management across the entire processor.

Efficient Hexagon 680 DSP

Significant improvement to the Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 680 DSP enables the CPU to offload many tasks for more efficient processing. Featuring Qualcomm All-Ways Aware™ technology, the Hexagon 680 DSP also allows for ultra-low power “always-on” sensors and advanced low power-image processing.

Less time charging

With Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0, users can spend less time charging and more time doing. As our fastest and most efficient charging technology yet, Quick Charge 3.0 is 4x faster than conventional charging and 38% more efficient than Quick Charge 2.0.

Features

X12 LTE: Industry leading connectivity with LTE download speeds of up to 600 Mbps, multi-gigabit 802.11ad, and 2x2 802.11ac Wi-Fi
New Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU: Delivering maximum performance and low power consumption, Kryo is QTI’s first custom 64-bit quad-core CPU, manufactured in advanced 14nm FinFET LPP process
New Qualcomm® Adreno™ 530 GPU: Up to 40% better graphics and compute performance for improved visual fidelity while reducing power consumption
Qualcomm Spectra™ 14-bit dual image signal processors (ISPs) deliver high resolution DSLR-quality images using heterogeneous compute for advanced processing and additional power savings
New Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 680 DSP includes Hexagon Vector eXtensions (HVX) and Sensor Core with Low Power Island for always-on sensor processing
New Touch-To-Track: Recognize and track multiple objects on screen using advanced computer vision

Specifications

CPU

CPU Clock Speed: Up to 2.2 GHz

CPU Cores: Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU, Quad-core CPU

CPU Architecture: 64-bit

Process

Process Technology: 14 nm

DSP

DSP Technology: Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 680 DSP, Qualcomm All-Ways Aware™ technology

Cellular Modem

Modem Name: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem

Multi SIM: LTE Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS)

Calling Services: Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) with LTE call continuity, HD Voice over 3G and VoLTE

Downlink LTE Category: LTE Category 12

Uplink LTE Category: LTE Category 13

Downlink Carrier Aggregation: 3x20 MHz carrier aggregation

Downlink QAM: Up to 256-QAM

Uplink Technology: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Upload+

Uplink Carrier Aggregation: 2x20 MHz carrier aggregation

Uplink QAM: Up to 64-QAM

Peak Download Speed: 600 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed: 150 Mbps

Cellular Technology: WCDMA (DB-DC-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA), TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE, LTE TDD, LTE FDD, LTE-U, LWA, LTE Broadcast

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi Standards: 802.11ad, 802.11ac Wave 2, 802.11a/b/g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi Spectral Bands: 2.4GHz, 5GHz, 60GHz

Peak Speed: 867 Mbps

Channel Utilization: 20/40/80 MHz

MIMO Configuration: 2x2 (2-stream)

Peak QAM: 256 QAM

Wi-Fi Features: MU-MIMO, Multi-gigabit Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

Bluetooth Version: Bluetooth 4.1

NFC

Near Field Communications: Supported

Location

Satellite Systems Support: Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS

Location Support: Qualcomm® Location

Global Emergency Services Support: Assisted GPS, OTDOA (LTE-based positioning)

Advanced Location Features: Sensor-assisted Navigation, Low Power Geofencing and Tracking, Pedestrian Navigation

RFFE: Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution

USB

USB Version: USB 3.0, USB 2.0

Camera

Image Signal Processor: Qualcomm Spectra™ image signal processor, 14-bit, 2x Image Signal Processor (ISP)

Single Camera: Up to 28 MP

Camera Features: Qualcomm® Clear Sight™ camera features

Video Capture (30 FPS): 4K Ultra HD video capture

Video

Video Playback: Up to 4K Ultra HD video playback

Codec Support: H.265 (HEVC), H.264 (AVC)

Display

Max On-Device Display: 4K Ultra HD

Max External Display: 4K Ultra HD

Display Pixels: 3840x2160

General Audio

Audio Technology: Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology

Audio Playback

Playback Dynamic Range: 130dB

Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N), Playback: -109dB

Sampling, Playback: 44.1kHz, 48kHz

PCM, Playback: Up to 192kHz/24bit

Amplifier output power: Up to 4W

Speaker protection: Speaker protection

Audio Recording

Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N), Record: -103dB

Sampling, Record: Up to 192kHz/24bit

Recording Dynamic range: 109dB

GPU

GPU Name: Qualcomm® Adreno™ 530 GPU

API Support: OpenGL® ES 3.2, OpenCL™ 2.0 full, Vulkan® 1.0, DX11.2

Power Consumption

Audio playback: 26mW for high performance mode

Low power voice activation: 0.65mA

Charging

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ Technology Support: Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 technology

Qualcomm® WiPower™ Support: Qualcomm® WiPower™ wireless charging

Security Support

Security Features: Malware Protection, Qualcomm® Content Protection, Qualcomm® Device Lock Authentication, Qualcomm® Fingerprint Sensors, Qualcomm® Mobile Security, Qualcomm® Processor Security

Memory

Memory speed: 1866MHz

Memory Type: LPDDR4, Dual-Channel

Storage

eMMC: eMMC 5.1

UFS: UFS 2.0

SD: SD 3.0 (UHS-I)

Part

Part Number(s): 8996

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CPU Clock Speed	CPU Cores	CPU Architecture	Modem Name	Peak Download Speed	Peak Upload Speed	RFFE	Image Signal Processor	Single Camera	Video Playback	Codec Support	Audio Technology	GPU Name	Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ Technology Support
Up to 2.2 GHz	Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU Quad-core CPU	64-bit	Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem	600 Mbps	150 Mbps	Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution	Qualcomm Spectra™ image signal processor 14-bit 2x Image Signal Processor (ISP)	Up to 28 MP	Up to 4K Ultra HD video playback	H.265 (HEVC) H.264 (AVC)	Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology ¹	Qualcomm® Adreno™ 530 GPU	Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 technology
Up to 2.96 GHz	Qualcomm® Kryo™ 485 CPU Octa-core CPU	64-bit	Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X50 Modem-RF System	2 Gbps	316 Mbps	Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution Comprehensive 5G/4G modem-to-antenna solution Qualcomm® QTM052 5G mmWave antenna module Qualcomm® Envelope Tracking	Qualcomm Spectra™ 380 image signal processor Hardware accelerator for computer vision (CV-ISP) Dual 14-bit CV-ISPs	Up to 192 MP	—	H.265 (HEVC) HDR10+ HLG HDR10 H.264 (AVC) VP8 VP9	Qualcomm TrueWireless™ Technology Qualcomm® Broadcast Audio technology Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology	Qualcomm® Adreno™ 640 GPU	Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4+ technology
Up to 2.8 GHz	Qualcomm® Kryo™ 385 CPU Octa-core CPU	64-bit	Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X20 LTE modem	1.2 Gbps	150 Mbps	Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution	Qualcomm Spectra™ 280 image signal processor Dual 14-bit ISPs	Up to 192 MP	Up to 4K Ultra HD video playback @ 60 fps	H.265 (HEVC)	Qualcomm TrueWireless™ Technology Qualcomm® Broadcast Audio technology Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology ² Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology ²	Qualcomm® Adreno™ 630 GPU	Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4 technology
Up to 2.45 GHz	Qualcomm® Kryo™ 280 CPU Octa-core CPU	64-bit	Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X16 LTE modem	1 Gbps	150 Mbps	Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution	Qualcomm Spectra™ 180 image signal processor 14-bit 2x Image Signal Processor (ISP)	Up to 32 MP	Up to 4K Ultra HD video playback @ 60 fps	H.265 (HEVC) H.264 (AVC) VP9	Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology ² Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology ²	Qualcomm® Adreno™ 540 GPU	Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4 technology
Up to 2.4 GHz	Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU Quad-core CPU	64-bit	Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem	600 Mbps	150 Mbps	Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution	Qualcomm Spectra™ image signal processor 14-bit 2x Image Signal Processor (ISP)	Up to 28 MP	Up to 4K Ultra HD video playback	H.265 (HEVC) H.264 (AVC)	Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology ¹	Qualcomm® Adreno™ 530 GPU	Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 technology

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