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Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro

Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G (SD695) is a fast mid-range ARM-based SoC largely found on Android tablets and smartphones. It features 8 Kryo 660 called cores (64-Bit capable) that are divided in two clusters. A fast cluster of two cores with up to 2.2 GHz based on the ARM Cortex-A78 design. And a power saving efficiency cluster with up to 1.7 GHz based on much smaller ARM Cortex-A55 cores. Both clusters can also used together.

In addition to the 8 CPU cores, the SoC integrates a lower mid range Adreno 619 GPU, a X51 5G radio (up to 2.5 Gbits download, no mmWave), a 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5, 8x8 sounding, Dual Band, 2x2), a Bluetooth 5.2 radio, satellite positioning (GPS, QZSS, GLONASS, SBAS, Beidou and Galileo) and a video engine (support for H.265, H.264, VP8 and VP9).

Compared to the previous SD690, the SD695 is now manufactured in 6nm (instead of 8nm) and offers a higher clocked performance cluster. However, the SD695 only supports Wi-Fi 5 instead of Wi-Fi 6 of the SD690.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 is a high-end ARM-based SoC largely found on Android tablets and smartphones. Announced in mid 2016, the S820 is the successor to the Snapdragon 820 and from a technical perspective a higher clocked version of the SoC. In addition to 4 CPU cores (two slower clocked and two faster clocked Kryo cores), the SoC integrates an Adreno 530 GPU with a LPDDR4 memory controller  and supports Wi-Fi (802.11ad + MIMO), Bluetooth 4.1, and LTE.

CPU

The Snapdragon 821 is based on a similar concept as ARM's big.LITTLE, which combines a low power CPU cluster (2x Kyro clocked at up to 1.6 GHz?) and a performance CPU cluster (2x Kyro clocked at up to 2.4 GHz). The clock speed of each cluster can be individually adjusted (but not per core) and the lowest clock speed is 310 MHz. The performance cluster features 1 MB L2 cache and the power saving one 512 KB. Both should be using the same architecture and fully support the ARMv8-ISA instruction set.

Although only four cores are used, the performance of the 821 is located in the high end of mobile CPUs for smartphones and tablets. The performance advantage of the 821 compared to the 820 depends on the used clock speed. E.g. in the Google Pixel, the SoC is only clocked at 2.15 GHz and therefore identical to many 820 SoCs.

GPU

The Adreno 530 outperforms the previous Adreno 430 especially in high demanding benchmarks. Therefore it is well suited of modern 3D games on Android devices and should rank slightly below the Tegra X1 GPU. Compared to the 530 in the 820, the 821 version should be up to 5 % faster, which speaks for a slightly higher clock speed.

Features

The Snapdragon 821 offers numerous wireless technologies such as Bluetooth 4.1, WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ad (60 GHz) + MIMO as well as a dual-SIM cellular modem supporting LTE cat. 12/13 .

The SoC can encode and decode 4K videos using dedicated hardware (H.264 and H.265).

Power Consumption

Thanks to the new 14 nm process, the energy efficiency has been improved noticeably compared to its 20 nm predecessors.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 695 5GQualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameKryo 660 Gold (2x Cortex-A78) / Silver (6x Cortex-A55)Kryo
Clock1700 - 2200 MHz2400 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 84 / 4
Technology6 nm14 nm
FeaturesAdreno 619 GPU, X51 5G Modem, Hexagon 692 DSP, Spectra 355L ISP, FastConnect 6200 (Wi-Fi 5)Adreno 530, LTE Hexagon 680 DSP, UMTS, GSM, WCDMA, Dual-SIM, eMMC 5.0, UHS-I, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5 GHz) + MIMO, Bluetooth 4.1, USB 3.0, Dual-Channel LPDDR4 Memory Controller
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 619Qualcomm Adreno 530 ( - 653 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.comwww.qualcomm.com
Series: Snapdragon Kryo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro « 2.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Kryo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 compare2.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Kryo
L1 Cache256 KB
L2 Cache1.5 MB

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
0 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
0 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 15027     avg: 21197     median: 22353.5 (19%)     max: 22860 Points
min: 1665     avg: 1968     median: 2028 (24%)     max: 2109 Points
min: 1493     avg: 1916     median: 2009 (23%)     max: 2123 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
min: 893     avg: 906     median: 905.5 (27%)     max: 919 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
min: 1993     avg: 2073     median: 2064 (8%)     max: 2189 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3057     avg: 3136     median: 3084 (31%)     max: 3249 Points
min: 1746     avg: 1827     median: 1834.5 (18%)     max: 1891 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6998     avg: 7607     median: 7355 (8%)     max: 8302 Points
min: 3327     avg: 4102     median: 4356 (5%)     max: 4369 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
3162 Points (43%)
min: 1482     avg: 1675     median: 1685.5 (23%)     max: 1881 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
7773 Points (19%)
min: 3983     avg: 4164     median: 4201.5 (10%)     max: 4292 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
6758 Points (11%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
2415 Points (36%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1298.2     avg: 1769     median: 1913.1 (2%)     max: 2501.3 ms
min: 2400     avg: 2832     median: 2617 (3%)     max: 4141 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 17849     avg: 24051     median: 22407 (20%)     max: 31647 Points
min: 5511     avg: 9098     median: 9493 (9%)     max: 10506 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 58     avg: 74.3     median: 66 (19%)     max: 111 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 75     avg: 101     median: 95 (20%)     max: 156 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 2938     avg: 3334     median: 3334 (89%)     max: 3730 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 3235     avg: 3254     median: 3253.5 (72%)     max: 3272 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 6032     avg: 6152     median: 6151.5 (81%)     max: 6271 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 138072     avg: 147293     median: 149386 (51%)     max: 159866 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 5377     avg: 6815     median: 6006 (18%)     max: 9063 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 35656     avg: 39007     median: 39646 (49%)     max: 41720 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 56935     avg: 61408     median: 58997 (18%)     max: 68292 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 32615     avg: 45268     median: 49601 (30%)     max: 53589 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 142395     avg: 152499     median: 156176 (28%)     max: 158926 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
4737 Points (1%)
4541%
SD 821 +
215105 Points (28%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random write internal
min: 30.49     avg: 37.6     median: 38.9 (29%)     max: 41.9 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq write internal
min: 312     avg: 356.9     median: 321.4 (10%)     max: 420 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random read internal
min: 18.22     avg: 24.5     median: 27.8 (34%)     max: 29 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq read internal
min: 339.36     avg: 402.1     median: 399 (11%)     max: 462 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 2947     avg: 3112     median: 3111.5 (16%)     max: 3276 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 2983     avg: 3426     median: 3426 (7%)     max: 3869 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 5152     avg: 5648     median: 5437 (36%)     max: 6461 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 SD 821 +
min: 4739     avg: 5697     median: 5440.5 (27%)     max: 7659 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G → 100% n=9

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro → 558% n=9

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