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Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

System on a chip

CPU cores: 4
Process node: 14 nm
Graphics: Qualcomm Adreno 530

Benchmark results

AnTuTu · 9 · total263,967^* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results
Test conditions
Chipset
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820^*
Geekbench · version unreported · multi-core799^* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results
Test conditions
Chipset
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820^*
Geekbench · version unreported · single-core317^* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results
Test conditions
Chipset
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820^*
Reported score · version unreported · CPU Score136,995^*Android Compare results
Reported score · version unreported · GPU Score53,174^*Android Compare results
Reported score · version unreported · Total Score190,169^*Android Compare results

Processing & platform

Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820
Processor: Kryo
CPU cores: 4
Graphics: Qualcomm Adreno 530
Architecture: 64-bit
Manufacturing process: 14 nm FinFET (Samsung 14LPP)
Process node: 14 nm

CPU core groups

Kryo^*
Cores
2^*
Listed frequency
2.15 GHz^*
Kryo^*
Cores
2^*
Listed frequency
1.6 GHz^*

Memory & storage

Memory channels: 2

Storage technologies

Supported eMMC 5.1
Supported UFS 2.0
Supported SD 3.0 (UHS-I)

Supported memory

Supported LPDDR4
Technology
LPDDR4

Connectivity & software

Software interfaces

Vulkan 1.0
OpenGL ES 3.2
DirectX 11.2

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 6 fields

Platform

Android^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

Category

SoC^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

Device

169 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (2x 2.15GHz Kryo & 2x 1.6GHz Kryo)^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

CPU Score

136,995^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

GPU Score

53,174^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

Total Score

190,169^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

Specifications 2 · 10 fields

CPU core configuration

(2+2)^*

CPU cores

4^*

Manufacturer

Qualcomm^*

Graphics processor

Adreno 530^*

Chipset

Snapdragon 820^*

Reported rank

79^*

Reported clock (unit unspecified)

2,200^*

AnTuTu · total

suite: AnTuTu
version: 9
workload: total
score: 263,967^*
unit: points

points

Scope and conditions

Test conditions

Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820^*

Geekbench · multi-core

suite: Geekbench
workload: multi-core
score: 799^*
unit: points

points

Scope and conditions

Test conditions

Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820^*

Geekbench · single-core

suite: Geekbench
workload: single-core
score: 317^*
unit: points

points

Scope and conditions

Test conditions

Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820^*

Specifications 3 · 82 fields

cores

4^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

GPU — APIs

OpenCL™ 2.0 Full^*
Vulkan® 1.0^*
OpenGL® ES 3.2^*
DirectX® 11.2^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Location Support

Qualcomm® Location^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Security — Features

Qualcomm® Device Lock Authentication^*
Malware Protection^*
Qualcomm® Content Protection^*
Qualcomm® Processor Security^*
Qualcomm® Mobile Security^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Maximum External Display Resolution

4K Ultra HD^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Peak Upload Speed

Up to 150.0^* Mbps

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio Recording Interfaces — Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N)

Less than -103.0^* dB

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Product Function — Application Processors

Smartphones^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Maximum On-Device Display Resolution

4K Ultra HD^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Clock Speed

Up to 2.2^* GHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Spatial Streams

Up to 2^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio Playback Interfaces — Amplifier Output Power

Up to 4.0^* W

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Features

Pedestrian Navigation^*
Sensor-assisted Navigation^*
Low Power Geofencing and Tracking^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio Recording Interfaces — Resolution

24-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Image Signal Processor (ISP) Bit Depth

14-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Memory — Type

LPDDR4^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Standards

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Qualcomm® Spectra™^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Cellular Modem-RF Specs

LTE Category 13 (UL)^*
3x20 MHz carrier aggregation (DL)^*
LTE Category 12 (DL)^*
2x20 MHz carrier aggregation (UL)^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Memory — Number of Channels

2^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Storage — eMMC

eMMC 5.1^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Video Capture

Up to 4K Ultra HD @ 30 fps^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio Recording Interfaces — Dynamic Range

Up to 109.0^* dB

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio — Qualcomm Aqstic™ technology support

Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology^* Via WCD9335

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Location and Global Emergency Services

LTE Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA)^*
Assisted GPS^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Peak QAM

256 QAM^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Multi SIM

LTE Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS)^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Image Signal Processor (ISP) Number

Dual ISP^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Applications — Product Applications

Mobile Computing^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Calling Services

Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) with LTE call continuity^*
HD Voice over 3G and VoLTE^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio Playback Interfaces — Sample Rate

Up to 44.1^* kHz
Up to 48.0^* kHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio Playback Interfaces — Speaker protection

Speaker protection^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Part — Part Number(s)

8996^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Modem Name

Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Cellular Technology

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Mobile Computing — Form Factor

Tablets^*
Smartphones^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — MIMO Configuration

2x2^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Name

Qualcomm® Kryo™^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Video Playback — Resolution

Up to 4K Ultra HD^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Charging — Qualcomm® WiPower™ technology support

Qualcomm® WiPower™ technology^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Charging — Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ technology support

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 technology^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Satellite Systems

Galileo^*
GPS^*
Beidou^*
GLONASS^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Peak Download Speed

Up to 600.0^* Mbps

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Spectral Bands

5.0^* GHz
2.4^* GHz
60.0^* GHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Features

Qualcomm® Clear Sight™ camera features^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Process Node and Technology — Process Node

14.0^* nm

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Pixels

3840 × 2160^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Number of Cores

4^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Features

MU-MIMO^*
Multi-gigabit Wi-Fi^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) — Sample Rate

Up to 192.0^* kHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Channels

80.0^* MHz
40.0^* MHz
20.0^* MHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Interfaces — Supported Interfaces

USB 2.0^*
USB 3.0^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Security — Fingerprint Sensor

Qualcomm® 3D Sonic Sensor^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

architecture

64-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

IoT — Industrial and Commercial

Retail^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Architecture

64-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Memory — Speed

1,866.0^* MHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Power Consumption — Low power voice activation

0.65^* mA

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Peak Speed

Up to 867.0^* Mbps

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Video Playback — Codecs

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

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Bluetooth — Specification Version

Bluetooth® 4.1^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio Playback Interfaces — Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N)

Less than -109.0^* dB

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) — Resolution

24-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Storage — UFS

UFS 2.0^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Universal Serial Bus (USB) — Specification Version

USB 3.0^*
USB 2.0^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Performance Enhancement Technologies

Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Upload+

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Peak Speed (range)

300-999 Mbps^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Generation

Wi-Fi 4^*
Wi-Fi 5^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

NFC — Near Field Communications

Supported^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio Recording Interfaces — Sample Rate

Up to 192.0^* kHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Technology — Technology Category

Mobile^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

GPU — Name

Qualcomm® Adreno™ 530^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Power Consumption — High Performance Audio Playback

Down to 26.0 mW

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Single Camera

Up to 28 MP^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio Playback Interfaces — Dynamic Range

Up to 130.0^* dB

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Series — Snapdragon Mobile Platform Series

8 Series^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

DSP — Name

Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 680^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Storage — SD

SD 3.0 (UHS-I)^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

DSP — Features

Qualcomm All-Ways Aware™ technology^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

memory channels

2^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

platform gpu

Adreno 530^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

process node nm

14.0^* nm

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

* Provisional data

Benchmark results

Processing & platform

CPU core groups

Memory & storage

Storage technologies

Supported memory

Connectivity & software

Software interfaces

System configuration

Detailed specifications

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