Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Google Tensor
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 4 cores 2342MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs. 8 cores 2800MHz Google Tensor . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Google Tensor 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.1709 TFLOPS vs 0.3343 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 29.8GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2800MHz vs 2342MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (5.6W vs 11W)
Released 5 years and 2 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
233076
Google Tensor
+299%
930661
FP32 (float)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
0.334 TFLOPS
Google Tensor
+549%
2.17 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Architecture
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
2342 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz
4
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
1 MB
L2 cache
3 MB
-
L3 cache
0
14 nm
Process
5 nm
2
Transistor count
-
11 W
TDP
5.6 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Adreno 530
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP20
653 MHz
GPU frequency
848 MHz
1
Execution units
20
256
Shading units
64
8
Max size
12
0.3343 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.1709 TFLOPS
1.0
Vulkan version
1.3
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5
1866 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
29.8 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
AI
-
NPU
Tensor Processing Unit
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Hexagon 680
Neural processor (NPU)
Tensor Processing Unit
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
X12
Modem
Exynos 5300g
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 12
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7350 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3670 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.1
Bluetooth
5.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Aug 2016
Announced
Oct 2021
Flagship
Class
Flagship
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Model number
S5E9845
