Qualcomm
CPUSmartphoneReleased Mar 2, 2015

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

4C/4T · 2.1 GHz

The Snapdragon 820 (MSM8996) was Qualcomm's flagship smartphone processor for 2016 and its first to use the custom 64-bit Kryo CPU. Its four Kryo cores are split into two clusters running at up to 2.15 GHz and 1.59 GHz, paired with an Adreno 530 GPU, a Hexagon 680 DSP with Hexagon Vector eXtensions and dual 14-bit Spectra ISPs. It integrates the Snapdragon X12 LTE modem with Cat 12 downloads up to 600 Mbps, 2x2 802.11ac and 802.11ad Wi-Fi, 4K HEVC video and Quick Charge 3.0. A lower-clocked MSM8996 Lite version and the faster Snapdragon 821 followed.

General

Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Model
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
Segment
Smartphone
Generation
Snapdragon 8xx
Codename
—
Architecture
ARM64
Microarchitecture
4× Kryo (2+2)
Release date
Mar 2, 2015
Price
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
4 cores / 4 threadsP2+E2
Base clock
—
Boost clock
2.15 GHz
TDP (design W)
—
Unlocked
✕ No
L2 cache
—
L3 cache
—
Technology (nm)
14 nm
Samsung 14LPP

Platform

Socket
—
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✕ No
Integrated GPU
Adreno 530
Clock: 624 MHz
Memory type
LPDDR4 (1866 MHz)
4-channel
Memory size
—
ECC memory
—
PCIe
—

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions
Armv8-A
NPU
Hexagon 680 DSP

OS support

Notes
Android smartphone platform. Qualcomm ships it with Android and provides no Windows, ChromeOS or desktop Linux support; mainstream Linux distributions publish no official image for this SoC.

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