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Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 Mobile

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System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 82 fields

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

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.^*

Storage — SD Processor family

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.^*

Bluetooth — Specification Version Processor family

Bluetooth® 5.0^*

Scope and conditions

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

Audio Recording Interfaces — Resolution Processor family

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.^*

Location — Location Support Processor family

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.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Cellular Modem-RF Specs Processor family

5x20 MHz carrier aggregation (DL)^*
2x20 MHz carrier aggregation (UL)^*
LTE Category 18 (DL)^*
LTE Category 13 (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.^*

Audio Playback Interfaces — Amplifier Output Power Processor family

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.^*

CPU — Clock Speed Processor family

Up to 2.96^* 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.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Multi SIM Processor family

Dual SIM Dual VoLTE (DSDV)^*

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 Processor family

Up to 32 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 Processor family

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.^*

CPU — Name Processor family

Qualcomm® Kryo™ 385^*

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 Formats Processor family

H.265 (High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC))^*
Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)^*
HDR10^*

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 Processor family

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.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Performance Enhancement Technologies Processor family

Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution
Uplink Data Compression (UDC)
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.^*

CPU — Architecture Processor family

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.^*

Camera — Dual Camera Processor family

Up to 16 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.^*

Camera — Video Capture Processor family

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.^*

Wi-Fi — Peak Speed Processor family

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.^*

Audio — Qualcomm Aqstic™ technology support Processor family

Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology^* WCD9335, WCD9341

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 Processor family

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.^*

Camera — Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name Processor family

Qualcomm® Spectra™ 280^*

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) Processor family

SDM850^*

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 — Bit Width Processor family

16-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.^*

CPU — Number of Cores Processor family

8^*

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 Processor family

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.^*

Process Node and Technology — Process Node Processor family

10.0^* nm 2nd generation

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 Processor family

Multi-frame Noise Reduction (MFNR)^*
Hardware Accelerated Face Detection^*
Active Depth Sensing^*
Hybrid Autofocus^*

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 Processor family

LPDDR4x^*

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 Features Processor family

Motion Compensated Temporal Filtering (MCTF)^*
Accelerated Electronic Image Stabilization (AEIS)^*

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 Processor family

Up to 1.2^* Gbps

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 Processor family

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.^*

Series — Snapdragon Mobile Platform Series Processor family

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.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Peak Upload Speed Processor family

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.^*

DSP — Features Processor family

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.^*

Audio — Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology support Processor family

Qualcomm® aptX™ HD^*
Qualcomm® aptX™ Audio^*

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 Processor family

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.^*

Product Function — Application Processors Processor family

Laptops & Tablets^*

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 Processor family

Up to 44.1^* 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.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Cellular Technology Processor family

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 Processor family

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.^*

Display — UI frame rate Processor family

Up to 60 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.^*

Voice Services — Digital Assistant Activation Processor family

Qualcomm® Audio & Voice Optimization^*
Qualcomm® Voice Activation^*
Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio codec^*

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 Processor family

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.^*

Charging — Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ technology support Processor family

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4 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 — Features Processor family

Sensor-assisted Navigation^*
Pedestrian 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.^*

Wi-Fi — Spectral Bands Processor family

5.0^* GHz
60.0^* GHz
2.4^* 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 — Image Signal Processor (ISP) Bit Depth Processor family

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.^*

Display — Resolution Processor family

Ultra HD Premium (ready)^*

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 Processor family

Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X20 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.^*

Wi-Fi — Peak QAM Processor family

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.^*

Power Consumption — Low power voice activation Processor family

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 — Standards Processor family

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 (range) Processor family

> 2.0 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.^*

Display — Maximum On-Device Display Resolution Processor family

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.^*

Mobile Computing — Form Factor Processor family

Laptops^*

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 Processor family

Multi-gigabit Wi-Fi^*
MU-MIMO^*
Dual-Band Simultaneous (DBS)^*
Integrated baseband^*

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 Processor family

Scope and conditions

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

Voice Services — Ecosystems Processor family

Microsoft Cortana^*

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) Processor family

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.^*

Applications — Product Applications Processor family

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.^*

Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) — Sample Rate Processor family

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.^*

Audio Recording Interfaces — Sample Rate Processor family

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

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.^*

Security — Features Processor family

Key Provisioning Security^*
Qualcomm® Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)^*
Malware Protection^*
Camera Security^*
Qualcomm® Mobile Security^*
Secure Token^*
Qualcomm® Content Protection^*
Secure Boot^*
Qualcomm® Processor Security^*
Crypto Engine^*

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 Processor family

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.^*

Bluetooth — Topologies Processor family

Qualcomm® TrueWireless™ 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 — Number of Channels Processor family

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 — Generation Processor family

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.^*

Camera — Slow Motion Video Capture Processor family

Up to 720p @ 480 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.^*

DSP — Name Processor family

Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 685^*

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 Processor family

USB 3.1^*

Scope and conditions

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

Video Playback — Codecs Processor family

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.^*

Camera — Image Signal Processor (ISP) Number Processor family

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.^*

Storage — UFS Processor family

UFS 2.1 Gear3 2L^*

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 Processor family

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.^*

GPU — APIs Processor family

OpenGL® ES 3.2^*
DirectX® 12^*
Vulkan® 1.1^*
OpenCL™ 2.0 Full^*

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 Processor family

USB 3.1^*

Scope and conditions

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

Power Consumption — High Performance Audio Playback Processor family

Down to 34.0 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.^*

Wi-Fi — Channels Processor family

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

Wi-Fi — MIMO Configuration Processor family

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.^*

GPU — Name Processor family

Qualcomm® Adreno™ 630^*

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