The Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 653 processor builds on the momentum of its predecessor, the Snapdragon 652 processor—designed to provide increased connectivity and outstanding graphic and multimedia performance for top-tier smartphones and tablets. With up to 10% higher performance and twice the memory as its predecessor, the Snapdragon 653 processor is designed to support advanced features like an X9 LTE modem, a Qualcomm® Adreno™ 510 GPU and an octa-core CPU configuration. Snapdragon 653 Processor Specs Cellular Modem Modem Name Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X9 LTE modem LTE Category LTE Category 13 (uplink) LTE Category 7 (downlink) Downlink Features 2x20 MHz carrier aggregation Up to 64-QAM Uplink Features Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Upload+ 2x20 MHz carrier aggregation Up to 64-QAM Peak Download Speed 300 Mbps Peak Upload Speed 150 Mbps Supported Cellular Technologies Snapdragon All Mode LTE FDD LTE TDD LTE Broadcast WCDMA (DB-DC-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA) TD-SCDMA CDMA 1x EV-DO GSM/EDGE Multi SIM LTE Dual SIM Next-generation Calling Services VoLTE with SRVCC to 3G and 2G Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) with LTE call continuity HD and Ultra HD Voice (EVS) Wi-Fi Wi-Fi Standards 802.11ac Wave 2 802.11n 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi Spectral Bands 2.4 GHz 5 GHz Peak Speed 433 Mbps Channel Utilization 20/40/80 MHz MIMO Configuration 1x1 (1-stream) Peak QAM 256 QAM Wi-Fi Features MU-MIMO Integrated baseband Bluetooth Bluetooth Version Bluetooth 4.1 Bluetooth Technology Bluetooth Low Energy Location Satellite Systems Support GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo QZSS SBAS Global Emergency Services Support Assisted GPS OTDOA (LTE-based positioning) Advanced Location Features Low Power Geofencing and Tracking Sensor-assisted Navigation NFC Near Field Communications Supported RF RFFE Qualcomm® RF360™ front-end solution USB USB Version USB 2.0 Camera Megapixel Support Up to 21 MP camera Image Sensor Processor 2x Image Sensor Processor (ISP) Camera Features Zero Shutter Lag Video Video Capture Up to 4K Ultra HD video capture @ 30FPS Up to 1080p video capture @120 FPS Video Playback Up to 4K Ultra HD video playback Codec Support H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) Display Maximum On-Device Display Support 2560x1600 Quad HD WQXGA Maximum External Display Support Up to 1080p Audio Audio Technology Qualcomm® Immersive Audio Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Voice Activation CPU CPU Clock Speed From 1.8 to 1.95 GHz CPU Cores Octa-core CPU 4x ARM Cortex A72 4x ARM Cortex A53 CPU Bit Architecture 64-bit DSP DSP Technology Qualcomm® Hexagon™ DSP Qualcomm All-Ways Aware™ technology Process Process Technology 28 nm HPm GPU GPU Name Qualcomm® Adreno™ 510 GPU Charging Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ Support Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 technology Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 2.0 technology Security Support Security Features Qualcomm® Content Protection Qualcomm® Device Lock Authentication Qualcomm® Processor Security Memory Memory Speed 933MHz RAM 8 GB RAM Memory Type Dual-Channel LPDDR3