Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs A6

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
A6
4 Cores
4 Threads
2.15GHz Clock
2 Cores
2 Threads
1.3GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
Unknown
iGPU
Adreno 530+
320 GFLOPS FP32
iGPU
PowerVR SGX543 MP3 A6
30 GFLOPS FP32
GB6S 300
7%
GB6S N/A
0%
GB6M 580
2%
GB6M N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Manufacturer
Apple
Architecture
Kryo
Architecture
Apple Silicon 1
Family
8 Series
Family
A Series
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch32
Codename
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Snapdragon 821
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Codename
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A6
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Swift
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Market Segment
Mobile
Market Segment
Mobile
Release Date
9/9/2016
Release Date
9/21/2012
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
Samsung
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Node
14LPP
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Node
32nm
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Die Size
Unknown
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Die Size
97 mm²
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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Unknown
Unknown
4 Cores
2 P-Cores
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2 E-Cores
2 Cores
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4 Threads
2 P-Threads
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2 E-Threads
2 Threads
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P-Core
2.15GHz
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1.3GHz
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E-Core
1.59GHz
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Integrated Chipset
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Integrated Chipset
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
32KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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32KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L1 Data
32KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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32KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L2
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1MB Shared
8-way set associative
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0.5MB Shared (E-Core)
8-way set associative
L2
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1MB Shared
16-way set associative
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Channels
4
Channels
2
Max Memory
8GB
Max Memory
1GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
16Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width/Channel
32Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
1866MHz
Transfer Rate
3733MT/s
Clock
533MHz
Transfer Rate
1066MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
7.5GB/s
Bandwidth
29.9GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
4.3GB/s
Bandwidth
8.5GB/s
TDP
5W
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TDP
5W
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
No PCIe
No PCIe
Adreno 530+
256 Shaders
624MHz
320 GFLOPS FP32
PowerVR SGX543 MP3 A6
48 Shaders
266MHz
30 GFLOPS FP32
Hexagon 680
No NPU
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1000.0MHz
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ISP
Spectra (Up to 28 MP camera / 13 MP dual)
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Modem
Qualcomm
X12
4G
No Cellular
Speed
Up to 600Mbps Download
Up to 150Mbps Upload
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