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FEATURING THE LATEST IN MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

821
SNAPDRAGON
TM

Sharper, higher
quality images
Qualcomm Spectra 14-bit dual image signal
processors tap into the performance and feature
enhancements Hexagon 680 DSP’s HVX adds, with
amazing features like Low Light Photo and Video,
and Touch-to-Track
PROCESSOR
Immersive, life-like
Enabling a more virtual reality
immersive, intuitive and Experience realistic visual and audio immersion
and smooth VR action enabled by Snapdragon
connected experience 821’s Snapdragon VR-SDK, designed for maximum
performance and optimized for long battery life
The Snapdragon 821 mobile processor
offers many advantages:
+ X12 LTE: Industry leading connectivity Next-generation
with LTE download speeds of up to
600 Mbps, multi-gigabit 802.11ad, and
computer vision
2x2 802.11ac Wi-Fi Drive more safely with object detection and
enhanced navigation. Enhance your smartphone
+ Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU: Delivering
camera capability with features that can track
maximum performance and low power
faces and objects for a more intelligent mobile
consumption, Kryo is QTI’s first custom
experience.
64-bit quad-core CPU, manufactured in

Deeply immersive
advanced 14nm FinFET LPP process
+ Qualcomm® Adreno™ 530 GPU: Up
to 40% better graphics and compute
performance for improved visual
3D gaming
fidelity while reducing power The combination of Snapdragon 821’s Adreno 530
consumption GPU and custom Kryo CPU creates enough
compute performance to enable console quality
+ Qualcomm Spectra™ 14-bit dual image
games and exciting, next generation virtual reality
signal processors (ISPs) deliver high
applications.
resolution DSLR-quality images using
heterogeneous compute for advanced
processing and additional power All day battery life
and faster charging
savings
+ Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 680 DSP
includes Hexagon Vector eXtensions Snapdragon 821 lowers power consumption by an
(HVX) and Sensor Core with Low Power additional 5% over the previous generation plus
Island for always-on sensor processing charge a typical phone from zero to 80 percent in
+ Touch-To-Track: Recognize and track about 35 minutes, with Qualcomm® Quick Charge™
multiple objects on screen using 3.0 technology.
advanced computer vision

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 Snapdragon 821 processors.
Enabling a more connected,
immersive and intelligent
all day experience.

FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS3

CPU Modem Camera
+ Custom 64-bit Kryo quad-core + Integrated X12 LTE modem, + Qualcomm Spectra dual ISPs
CPU up to 2.4GHz supporting Cat 12 download support up to
+ 14nm FinFET process technology speeds up to 600 Mbps, Cat 13 28 megapixels
upload speeds up to 150 Mbps + Dual Photodiode (2PD)
GPU
+ Snapdragon All Mode with + Hybrid Autofocus (PDAF, Laser AF,
+ Adreno 530 GPU: OpenGL ES 3.1 +
support for LTE FDD and TDD, Contrast AF)
AEP1, OpenCL2.0 Full Profile1,
WCDMA (DB-DC-HSDPA,
Vulcan1, Renderscript, 64-bit virtual Video
DC-HSUPA), TD-SCDMA, CDMA
addressing DirectX 11.2, plus + 10-bit 4K decode
1x/EVDO, and GSM/Edge
hardware tessellation, geometry
+ Support for 256-QAM DL, 64-QAM + 1080p240 FPS decode
shaders, programmable blending
UL, and 4x4 MIMO + 4K HEVC video (Decode: 60 fps,
and decreased power
consumption2 + Support for Ultra HD Voice with 10-bit. Encode: 30 fps)
the Enhanced Voice Services (EVS) + Simultaneous 1080p30+1080p30
DSP
codec inbound/outbound
+ Hexagon 680 DSP with Hexagon
+ Smart Wi-Fi calling with real-time Charging
Vector eXtensions and
Wi-Fi quality monitoring
Qualcomm All-Ways Aware™ hub + Quick Charge 3.0
for sensor processing + Support for Qualcomm® TruSignal™
Security
antenna boost technology
Display + Qualcomm® SecureMSM™
+ LTE-U support
+ 4K60 over HDMI 2.0a & 4K foundation
+ Next Gen QFE3100 Envelope
Miracast 2.0 + Qualcomm® Snapdragon™
Tracking
+ Qualcomm® Low-Picture Smart Protect
Enhancement & Qualcomm® Connectivity
+ Qualcomm® Snapdragon Sense™
TruPalette™ camera features + Qualcomm® VIVE™ 802.11ac ID fingerprint technology
+ 3:1 display interface compression 2x2 MU-MIMO
+ Qualcomm® Snapdragon
w/VESA DSC 1.1 + Tri-band Wi-Fi StudioAccess™ content protection
Memory + QCA9500 802.11ad 60GHz WiFi
+ Bluetooth 4.1
+ LPDDR4
+ UFS 2.0—Gear 3 storage
+ Universal Bandwidth Compression
1
As of Feb 16, 2016, Snapdragon 821 has been conformance certified by Khronos for OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.1, and Vulkan.
2
As compared to the Adreno 430 GPU in the Snapdragon 810 processor.
3
Certain optional features available subject to Carrier and OEM selection for an additional fee.

Qualcomm TruSignal, Qualcomm Snapdragon StudioAccess, Qualcomm Snapdragon Smart Protect, Qualcomm Snapdragon Sense, Qualcomm VIVE, Qualcomm SecureMSM, Qualcomm All-
Ways Aware, Qualcomm Low-Picture Enhancement and Qualcomm TruPalette are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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