As one of the most cutting-edge mobile processors ever created, the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 821 mobile platform with X12 LTE builds on the momentum of our Snapdragon 820 mobile platf....
As one of the most cutting-edge mobile processors ever created, the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 821 mobile platform with X12 LTE builds on the momentum of our Snapdragon 820 mobile platf....
As one of the most cutting-edge mobile processors ever created, the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 821 mobile platform with X12 LTE builds on the momentum of our Snapdragon 820 mobile platform. It is designed to support superior connectivity, graphics, photography, power and battery efficiency and helps set a new bar for smartphones, tablets, mobile virtual reality (....
As one of the most cutting-edge mobile processors ever created, the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 821 mobile platform with X12 LTE builds on the momentum of our Snapdragon 820 mobile platform. It is designed to support superior connectivity, graphics, photography, power and battery efficiency and helps set a new bar for smartphones, tablets, mobile virtual reality (VR) head-mounted displays and more.
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The Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem offers 3x faster peak upload speeds and 33% faster peak download speeds compared to those of X10 LTE.
The Qualcomm® Adreno™ 530 GPU offers 40% improvement to graphics performance, compute capabilities, and power usage when compared to Adreno 430—giving the Snapdragon 821 processor a 5% performance bump over the 820 processor.
14-bit Qualcomm Spectra™ Image Signal Processor (ISP) supports the capture of up to 28 megapixels with zero shutter lag.
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 up to 4x faster than conventional charging and 38% more efficient than Quick Charge 2.0.
The new Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU has 2x performance and efficiency when compared to the CPU of the Snapdragon 810 mobile platform. The Snapdragon 821 goes even further with up to 10% performance increase over the 820 mobile platform.
The new Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 680 DSP is also designed to bring significant improvement to performance and battery life.
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X12 LTE: Industry leading connectivity with LTE download speeds of up to 600 Mbps, multi-gigabit 802.11ad, and 2x2 802.11ac Wi-Fi
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
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
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 680 DSP includes Hexagon Vector eXtensions (HVX) and Sensor Core with Low Power Island for always-on sensor processing
Touch-To-Track: Recognize and track multiple objects on screen using advanced computer vision
Cellular Modem
Modem Name: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem
Peak Download Speed: 600 Mbps
Peak Upload Speed: 150 Mbps
Uplink Technology: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Upload+
Downlink Carrier Aggregation: 3x20 MHz carrier aggregation
Uplink Carrier Aggregation: 2x20 MHz carrier aggregation
Downlink LTE Category: LTE Category 12
Uplink LTE Category: LTE Category 13
Multi SIM: LTE Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS)
Downlink QAM: Up to 256-QAM
Uplink QAM: Up to 64-QAM
Calling Services: Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) with LTE call continuity, HD Voice over 3G and VoLTE
Cellular Technology: LTE TDD, LTE FDD, LTE-U, LWA, LTE Broadcast, WCDMA (DB-DC-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA), TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE
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
RF
RFFE: Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution
USB
USB Version: USB 3.0, USB 2.0
CPU
CPU Clock Speed: Up to 2.4 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
Camera
Image Signal Processor: Qualcomm Spectra™ image signal processor, 14-bit, 2x Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Single Camera: Up to 28 MP
Camera Features: Dual Phase Detection Autofocus (PDAF), 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, 6.6mW low power 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 Pro
Qualcomm Kryo, Qualcomm Hexagon, Qualcomm Adreno, Qualcomm Spectra, Qualcomm Clear Sight, Qualcomm Symphony System Manager, Qualcomm All-Ways Aware, Qualcomm Quick Charge, Qualcomm VIVE, Qualcomm IZat, Qualcomm RF360, Qualcomm WiPower, Qualcomm Mobile Security, Qualcomm SafeSwitch, Qualcomm SecureMSM, Qualcomm Snapdragon Sense ID, Qualcomm Snapdragon Smart Protect, and Qualcomm Snapdragon StudioAccess are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
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Snapdragon 855+ Mobile Platform |
Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform |
Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform |
Snapdragon 820 Mobile Platform |
Modem Name | Peak Download Speed | Peak Upload Speed | Downlink LTE Category | Uplink LTE Category | RFFE | CPU Clock Speed | CPU Cores | CPU Architecture | Image Signal Processor | Single Camera | Video Playback | Codec Support | Audio Technology | GPU Name | Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ Technology Support |
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Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem | 600 Mbps | 150 Mbps | LTE Category 12 | LTE Category 13 | Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution | Up to 2.4 GHz | Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU Quad-core CPU | 64-bit | 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 |
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X50 Modem-RF System | 2 Gbps | 316 Mbps | LTE Category 20 | LTE Category 13 | Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution Comprehensive 5G/4G modem-to-antenna solution Qualcomm® QTM052 5G mmWave antenna module Qualcomm® Envelope Tracking | Up to 2.96 GHz | Qualcomm® Kryo™ 485 CPU Octa-core CPU | 64-bit | 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 |
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X20 LTE modem | 1.2 Gbps | 150 Mbps | LTE Category 18 | LTE Category 13 | Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution | Up to 2.8 GHz | Qualcomm® Kryo™ 385 CPU Octa-core CPU | 64-bit | 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 |
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X16 LTE modem | 1 Gbps | 150 Mbps | LTE Category 16 | LTE Category 13 | Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution | Up to 2.45 GHz | Qualcomm® Kryo™ 280 CPU Octa-core CPU | 64-bit | 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 |
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem | 600 Mbps | 150 Mbps | LTE Category 12 | LTE Category 13 | Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution | Up to 2.2 GHz | Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU Quad-core CPU | 64-bit | 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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