Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform
Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform
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Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 855 Mobile Platform is unlike anything that’s come before – harnessing multi-gigabit 4G connectivity, while unleashing transformative 5G experiences and providing some of the most advanced, imaginative technologies in the mobile industry.

Next generation on-device AI capabilities make your voice, camera, gaming and power management smarter, faster and more intuitive than ever before.

Plus, you’ll be immersed in life-like XR experiences that blur the line between real and virtual worlds. With gaming, video and photography displayed in over 1 billion shades of color, you can enjoy HDR entertainment that will take you places that seemed beyond your reach.

Finally, you can quench your need for speed with unimaginable performance and power efficiency from a platform that’s ...

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Multigigabit everything

The world's first commercial 5G mobile platform unleashes transformative 5G experiences with the Snapdragon X50 5G modem while harnessing multi-gigabit 4G connectivity. Combined with a new era of Wi-Fi performance, this is innovation for the next generation.

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Powerful, intuitive experiences

Snapdragon 855 is powered by new architecture improvements and leading 7nm process technology, a giant leap in CPU smartphone performance, and a Hexagon processor that's purpose built for AI. This platform packs unimaginable performance and power efficiency for the next echelon of 5G, AI and XR. It delivers powerful, intuitive experiences in the tiniest of packages – all while providing what matters most: insane battery life.

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AI to the 4th Power

Our 4th generation on-device AI engine is the ultimate personal assistant for camera, voice, XR and gaming – delivering smarter, faster and more secure experiences. Utilizing all cores, it packs 3 times the power of its predecessor – providing stellar on-device AI capabilities.

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Cinema-grade videography

From bleeding-edge color to a new evolution of cinema-grade videography, this platform sets brilliant new standards for mobile – including the world's first Computer Vision (CV) ISP delivering 4K HDR video capture with Portrait Mode and world's first to capture HDR10+ video.

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Captivating entertainment

Go big, even when you're not at home. The Snapdragon 855 steals the show with 4K HDR video playback, your motion pictures will be brilliant, scene-by-scene and frame-by-frame. 5G makes XR real time, so fully immersive interactions happen at the speed of life. Plus, Snapdragon Elite Gaming equates to multi-player experiences that mimic human reflex. Game on.

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Cutting edge connectivity

The Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 6200 subsystem delivers a new era of wireless connectivity with Wi-Fi 6 innovations for new and enhanced mobile experiences, as well as integrated Bluetooth 5.1 with advanced low latency and audio capabilities.

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Features

  • Introducing the world’s first commercial 5G mobile platform. Whether in a jam-packed arena or a quiet, suburban area, you can experience robust, seamless connectivity like never before. The Snapdragon 855 delivers transformative 5G experiences and next-generation Wi-Fi performance.
    • World’s first 5G mmWave and sub-6 GHz mobile solution
    •  World’s first 2 Gbps LTE modem including the world’s first 7x Carrier Aggregation and world’s first 14nm RF Chip
  • The FastConnect 6200 subsystem with Wi-Fi 6 features and 60 GHz Wi-Fi mobile platforms provides Wi-Fi connectivity for the 5G-era, boosting performance in traditional 2.4 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi bands, as well as harnessing the potential of the 60 GHz mmWave band for multi-gigabit wireless speed and wire-equivalent latency.
  • World’s First HDR10+ mobile video capture and playback for imagery with even more contrast and detail
  • World’s First 4K HDR Video Capture with Portrait Mode (Bokeh) so you can film cinema-grade videos
  • 4K HDR Video Capture and Playback – 10 bit-color depth and Rec. 2020 color gamut can capture over 1 billion shades of color.
  • Multi-frame Noise Reduction (MFNR) software delivers sharp and color photos even in low light
  • World’s First Computer Vision ISP (CV-ISP) delivers real-time object recognition, segmentation, and replacement to allow users to isolate and swap out backgrounds and objects– in real-time
  • Hardware Accelerator for HEIF and HEVC image formats lets your device store photos and videos half the file size, store multiple images and video in the same file and store the corresponding computer vision data.
  • Record at an astonishing 480 frames per second, with the ability to shoot unlimited HD slow-motion footage – and even apply it to multiple parts of your video.
  • Qualcomm’s advanced hardware decoder, Cinema Experience, works faster at lower power to deliver the ultimate cinema experience, deliver up to 7x power savings so you can watch more video per charge. Be the First to stream and playback next-gen HDR content (HDR10+, Dolby Vision, etc) on your mobile device
  • Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Elite Gaming experience delivers the performance, features and enhancements to power the next generation of elite mobile gaming devices. With the next-gen Adreno 640 GPU, Vulkan 1.1, HDR Gaming, and Physically Based Rendering, elite gaming on mobile is achieved.
    • The Snapdragon 855 also boasts Physically Based Rendering so objects are recreated to mimic the real-life look, feel, depth, and material, presenting extremely realistic, deeply dimensional visuals.
    • First for mobile gaming: Vulkan 1.1
    • First true HDR gaming on mobile
  • aptX Adaptive delivers robust, smooth wireless audio that dynamically adjusts its performance to provide optimum audio quality, latency, and power savings – no matter what type of content is playing. This creates the ultimate seamless wireless listening experience
  • Hexagon Voice Assistant accelerator supports two wake words simultaneously (Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Baidu, Cortana)
  • Aqstic offers a hardware-based voice assistant accelerator for always-on echo cancellation and noise suppression, plus up to 4 mic far-field mic support for better voice recognition in tough conditions
  • 3D Face Detect is a highly detailed and sophisticated identification solution. It uses a 3-camera system to capture a 3-dimensional image of your face. Compared to the 2-dimensional face scans currently in the industry, this method of identification promises better performance and higher accuracy.
  • Introducing the most cutting-edge, secure, and accurate fingerprint solution to date: 3D Sonic. This new technology uses acoustics (sound) to scan the pores of your finger, resulting in a deeply accurate, 3-dimensional read. Over time, your device will learn the unique patterns of your fingerprint for better speed, accuracy and identification.
Specifications
Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine
GPU Name
Qualcomm® Adreno™ 640
CPU Name
Qualcomm® Kryo™ 485
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor Name
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 690
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor Features
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Voice Assistant Accelerator, Qualcomm All-Ways Aware™ technology, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Vector eXtensions (HVX)
Location
Location Support
Qualcomm® Location Suite, Sensor-assisted Positioning
Satellite Systems
GLONASS, Beidou, GPS, QZSS, Galileo
Frequency Support
Dual (L1/L5)
NFC
Near Field Communications
Supported
CPU
Name
Qualcomm® Kryo™ 485
Architecture
64-bit
Clock Speed
Up to 2.84 GHz
GPU
Name
Qualcomm® Adreno™ 640
APIs
OpenGL® ES 3.2, OpenCL™ 2.0 FP, DirectX® 12, Vulkan® 1.1
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Qualcomm Snapdragon, Qualcomm Kryo, Qualcomm Adreno, Qualcomm FastConnect, Qualcomm Spectra, Qualcomm Hexagon, and Qualcomm AI Engine are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

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Clock Speed

Cellular Modem-RF

Modem Name

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Charging

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ technology support

Process Node and Technology

Process Node

Other

Up to 2.96 GHz

Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X50 Modem-RF System
Qualcomm® QTM052 5G mmWave antenna module

Qualcomm® Spectra™ 380

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4+ technology

7 nm

Up to 2.84 GHz

Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X50 Modem-RF System
Qualcomm® QTM052 5G mmWave antenna module

Qualcomm® Spectra™ 380

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4+ technology

7 nm

Up to 2.2 GHz

Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem

Qualcomm® Spectra™

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 technology

14 nm

Up to 2.4 GHz

Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem

Qualcomm® Spectra™

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 technology

14 nm

Up to 2.8 GHz

Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X20 LTE modem

Qualcomm® Spectra™ 280

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4 technology

10 nm1

  1. 2nd generation
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