Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Google Tensor G3
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 4 cores 2342MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs. 9 cores 2910MHz Google Tensor G3 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Google Tensor G3 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.4158 TFLOPS vs 0.3343 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (2910MHz vs 2342MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (4.7W vs 11W)
Released 7 years and 2 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
233076
Google Tensor G3
+336%
1016809
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
391
Google Tensor G3
+351%
1767
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
797
Google Tensor G3
+461%
4477
FP32 (float)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
0.334 TFLOPS
Google Tensor G3
+623%
2.415 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Architecture
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
2342 MHz
Frequency
2910 MHz
4
Cores
9
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
L1 cache
1 MB
L2 cache
-
-
-
-
14 nm
Process
4 nm
2
Transistor count
-
11 W
TDP
4.7 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Adreno 530
GPU name
Mali-G715 MP7
653 MHz
GPU frequency
890 MHz
1
Execution units
7
256
Shading units
192
8
Max size
16
0.3343 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.4158 TFLOPS
1.0
Vulkan version
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5X
1866 MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
29.8 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
-
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Hexagon 680
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
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
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 12
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7300 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3700 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
7
4.1
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Aug 2016
Announced
Oct 2023
Flagship
Class
Flagship
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Model number
-
