Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
21D
Cores4
Frequency2342 MHz
Process14 nanometers
GPUAdreno 530
MemoryLPDDR4
Benchmarks
AnTuTu 11312,361
Geekbench 6390 / 792
Single-Core Score390
Multi-Core Score792
Compute Score (GPU)530
PCMark 3.05484
Full specifications
AnTuTu 11
CPU
84002
GPU
72699
Memory
62840
UX
92820
Total score
312361
GeekBench 6
Asset compression
43.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser
26.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
35.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection
9.82 images/sec
HDR
35.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur
1.79 images/sec
Photo processing
7.1 images/sec
Ray tracing
993.9 Mpixels/sec
Samples
21 tests
Background blur
1.2 images/sec
Face detection
1.09 images/sec
Horizon detection
0.04 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection
0.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur
0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching
1.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics
51.3 FPS
API
Vulkan
PCMark 3.0
Web score
3763
Video editing score
5829
Data manipulation score
4163
Photo editing score
11521
Writing score
4882
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo / 2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Cores
4
Frequency
2342 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
L2 cache
1 MB
Process
14 nanometers
Transistor count
2 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit)
11 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 530
Architecture
Adreno 500
GPU frequency
653 MHz
Pipelines
1
Shading units
256
Total shaders
256
FLOPS
334.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
DirectX version
11
AI Accelerator
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Memory
Memory type
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gb/s
Max size
8 GB
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264 / - H.265 / - VP8 / - VP9
Audio codecs
- AIFF / - CAF / - MP3 / - MP4 / - WAV
Connectivity
Modem
X12
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
Bluetooth
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
August 2016
Class
Flagship
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Official page
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 official site
Successor
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Specifications compiled from NanoReview. Last updated 2026-09-29.
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