Qualcomm Snapdragon 820: Specs and Benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 is a flagship processor for mobile platforms that Qualcomm announced in March 2015. It is manufactured by Samsung using the 14-nanometer process technology. The SD 820 features a quad-core chipset based on the Kryo 285 CPU with a maximum clock speed of 2.15 GHz. It has Adreno 530 GPU and supports LPDDR4 ram and UFS 2.0 storage. Here you will find the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 specs, benchmark score (Geekbench, 3DMark, and AnTuTu), mobile phones, and comparisons with other competitors.

Specifications

Detailed technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Processor

General Info

Part number	MSM8996
Class	Flagship
Manufacturer	Samsung
Announced	March 2015
Predecessor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
Successor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

CPU

CPU	4x 2.15 GHz – Kryo 280 4x 1.593 GHz – Kryo 280
Architecture	64 Bit
Cores	4
Base frequency	1.593 GHz
Max. frequency	2.15 GHz
L2 cache	3 MB
Process	14 nm
Transistors	2 Billion
TDP	11 W

Graphics

GPU	Adreno 530
GPU frequency	624 MHz
Execution units	2
Shading units	256
FLOPS	498.5 GFLOPs
Vulkan version	1.0
OpenCL version	2.0
OpenGL version	3.2
DirectX version	11.2

Memory

Memory type	LPDDR4
Frequency	1866 MHz
Max. capacity	8 GB
Bus	–
Max. bandwidth	29.8 Gbps
System-level cache	–

Camera

ISP	Spectra
Single Camera	–
Dual camera	–
Video capture	4K at 30 Fps
Slow-mo video capture	720p at 480 Fps

Multimedia

DSP	Hexagon 680
Performance	–
Storage type	UFS 2.0, eMMC 5.1, SD 3.0
Max. display	4K at 60 Fps
Max. external display	4K
Color depth	10 Bit
Color gamut	–
Video codecs	H.265, H.264, VP9, VP8
Audio codecs	AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP4, MP3, WAV

Connectivity

Modem	X12 LTE
4G	Supported
5G	Not Supported
Download speed	600 Mbps (4G)
Upload speed	150 Mbps (4G)
Wi-Fi standards	Wi-Fi 5, 802.11a/b/g/n
Wi-Fi spectral bands	5 GHz, 2.4 GHz
Wi-Fi peak speed	867 Mbps
Bluetooth	4.1
NFC	Supported
Charging	Quick Charge 3
Navigation	Beidou, GLONASS, Galileo, GPS
USB	USB 3.0, USB 2.0

Security

Biometric Authentication

Fingerprint

Benchmarks

Benchmark Performance of Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Soc

Geekbench 5

Single-Core score

318

Multi-Core score

799

AnTuTu 9

AnTuTu score

263662

CPU	71915
GPU	90703
Memory	44715
UX	58026

3DMark

Wild Life Score

784

Graphics test

4 Fps

Snapdragon 820 Phones

List of popular smartphones that are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

Blackberry DTEK60
Xiaomi Mi 5
OnePlus 3
LG G5
Motorola Moto Z
Lenovo Z2 Plus
Sony Xperia XZs
LeEco Le Max 2

Snapdragon 820 Comparisons

Here are the most popular comparisons for Qualcomm Snapdragon 820