Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Full Specs

Summary

4 Cores(2P+2E) 4 Threads(2P+2E) 2.15GHz	8 Cores(1P+3M+4E) 8 Threads(1P+3M+4E) 2.84GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 29.9GB/s LPDDR4	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s LPDDR5
iGPU Adreno 530+	iGPU Adreno 660
Peak·FP32·FP16 639 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 2.58 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

Snapdragon 821302

x1

Snapdragon 8881,172

x3.88

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Core Config

4 Cores 2P - 2E	8 Cores 1P 3M 4E
4 Threads 2P - 2E	8 Threads 1P 3M 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 2.15GHz	Base Clock 2.84GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 32KB P - 32KB E	L1i 64KB P 64KB M 32KB E
L1d 32KB P - 32KB E	L1d 64KB P 64KB M 32KB E
L2 1MB P shared 512KB E shared	L2 1MB P 512KB M 128KB E - -
L3 -	L3 4MB
SLC Cache -	SLC Cache 3MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4	Type LPDDR5
Max Memory 8GB	Max Memory 24GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 4	Channels 4
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 3733MT/s	Speed 6400MT/s
Bandwidth 29.9GB/s	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate3733MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 29.9GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 51.2GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W

TDP 5W

iGPU

iGPU Adreno 530+	iGPU Adreno 660
Shaders 256	Shaders 768
Boost Clock 624MHz	Boost Clock 840MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 639 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 2.58 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model Hexagon 680	NPU Model Hexagon 780
NPU Clock 1GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance -	Performance 26 TOPS

Cellular

Modem Model X12	Modem Model X60
Cellular LTE	Cellular 5G mmWave
Peak Down Up to 600Mbps	Peak Down Up to 7.5Gbps
Peak Up Up to 150Mbps	Peak Up Up to 3.0Gbps

Chip

Manufacturer Qualcomm	Manufacturer Qualcomm
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture KryoARMv8.0-A	Architecture Kryo 680ARMv8.2-A
Family 8 Series	Family 8 Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Snapdragon 821Variant - - -	Codename Snapdragon 888Variant Cortex-X1P-Core Cortex-A78M-Core Cortex-A55E-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Sep 9, 2016	Release Date Mar 25, 2021

Fabrication

Foundry Samsung	Foundry Samsung
Fabrication Node 14LPP	Fabrication Node 5LPE
Die Size -	Die Size 112mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 10 Billion
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 89 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Smartphones PixelPixel XL

Smartphones Galaxy S21 FE 5GGalaxy S21Galaxy S21+ Show 1 more

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