QUALCOMM, Incorporated Mobile Processor Snapdragon 821

As one of the most cutting-edge mobile processors ever created, the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 821 processor with X12 LTE builds on the momentum of our Snapdragon 820 processor. It is designed to support superior connectivity, graphics, photography, power and battery efficiency and helps set a new bar for smartphones, tablets, mobile virtual reality (VR) head-mounted displays and more. Snapdragon 821 Processor Specs Cellular Modem Modem Name Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem LTE Category LTE Category 13 (uplink) LTE Category 12 (downlink) Downlink Features 3x20 MHz carrier aggregation Up to 256-QAM Uplink Features Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Upload+ 2x20 MHz carrier aggregation Up to 64-QAM Peak Download Speed 600 Mbps Peak Upload Speed 150 Mbps Supported Cellular Technologies LTE FDD LTE TDD LTE-U LWA LTE Broadcast WCDMA (DB-DC-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA) TD-SCDMA CDMA 1x EV-DO GSM/EDGE Multi SIM LTE Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS) Next-generation Calling Services Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) with LTE call continuity HD Voice over 3G and VoLTE Wi-Fi Wi-Fi Standards 802.11ad 802.11ac Wave 2 802.11n 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi Spectral Bands 2.4 GHz 5 GHz 60 GHz Peak Speed 867 Mbps Channel Utilization 20/40/80 MHz MIMO Configuration 2x2 (2-stream) Peak QAM 256 QAM Wi-Fi Features MU-MIMO Multi-gigabit Wi-Fi Bluetooth Bluetooth Version Bluetooth 4.1 Location Satellite Systems Support GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo Global Emergency Services Support Assisted GPS OTDOA (LTE-based positioning) Advanced Location Features Low Power Geofencing and Tracking Sensor-assisted Navigation Pedestrian Navigation NFC Near Field Communications Supported RF RFFE Qualcomm® RF360™ front-end solution USB USB Version USB 3.0 USB 2.0 Camera Megapixel Support Up to 28 MP camera Image Sensor Processor Qualcomm Spectra™ image sensor processor 2x Image Sensor Processor (ISP) 14-bit Dual Phase Detection Autofocus (PDAF) Qualcomm® Clear Sight™ camera features Video Video Capture Up to 4K Ultra HD video capture @ 30FPS Video Playback Up to 4K Ultra HD video playback Codec Support H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) Display Maximum On-Device Display Support 4K Ultra HD 3840x2160 Maximum External Display Support Up to 4K Audio Audio Technology Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio codec playback support Dynamic range: 130dB THD+N: -109dB PCM up to 192kHz/24bit Dual oscillator support (44.1kHz/48kHz) Qualcomm Aqstic™ power consumption Playback: 26mW for high performance mode, 6.6mW for low power mode Low power voice activation: 0.65mA Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio codec recording support Dynamic range: 109dB THD+N: -103dB Sampling: Up to 192kHz/24bit Qualcomm Aqstic™ speaker amplifier output power Up to 4W output power Speaker Protection CPU CPU Clock Speed Up to 2.4 GHz CPU Cores Quad-core CPU 4x Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU CPU Bit Architecture 64-bit DSP DSP Technology Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 680 DSP Qualcomm All-Ways Aware™ technology Process Process Technology 14 nm GPU GPU Name Qualcomm® Adreno™ 530 GPU API Support OpenGL ES 3.2 OpenCL 2.0 full Vulkan 1.0 DX11.2 Charging Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ Support Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 technology Qualcomm® WiPower™ Support Qualcomm® WiPower™ wireless charging Security Support Security Features Qualcomm® Content Protection Qualcomm® Device Lock Authentication Qualcomm® Fingerprint Sensors Qualcomm® Mobile Security Qualcomm® Processor Security Malware Protection Memory Memory Speed 1866MHz Memory Type Dual-Channel LPDDR4 Storage UFS UFS 2.0 SD SD 3.0 (UHS-I) eMMC eMMC 5.1