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CPUSmartphoneReleased Jul 11, 2016

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 (MSM8996 Pro-AC)

4C/4T · 2.3 GHz

The MSM8996 Pro-AC is the fastest version of the Snapdragon 821, with its Kryo performance cores clocked at up to 2.34 GHz, the efficiency cluster at up to 2.19 GHz and the Adreno 530 GPU at 653 MHz, compared with 2.15 GHz and 624 MHz for the standard Pro-AB. It was used in phones such as the OnePlus 3T and Xiaomi Mi Note 2, and keeps the Hexagon 680 DSP, Snapdragon X12 LTE modem and Quick Charge 3.0.

General

Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Model
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 (MSM8996 Pro-AC)
Segment
Smartphone
Generation
Snapdragon 8xx
Codename
—
Architecture
ARM64
Microarchitecture
4× Kryo (2+2)
Release date
Jul 11, 2016
Price
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
4 cores / 4 threadsP2+E2
Base clock
—
Boost clock
2.34 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: 653 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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