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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

Qualcomm
Updated On: 24 Sep, 2026

Snapdragon 820 is a Flagship mobile platform built on the 14 nanometers manufacturing process. Announced on November 2015, it packs 4 CPU cores and a powerful Adreno 530 GPU.

Process Node
14 nanometers
CPU Cores
4
Max Bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
GPU Clock
624 MHz
📶 5G: No 📡 4G LTE Supported 5 BT 4.1

Performance Overview

CPU Performance
26
Gaming Performance
28
Battery Efficiency
26

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Specifications

Complete hardware architecture, GPU capabilities, memory standards, and connectivity tech specs.

Product Details
Model: Snapdragon 820
Brand Qualcomm
Class Flagship
Released on: November 2015
Model Number: MSM8996
Architecture & Process
Architecture2x 2.2 GHz - Kryo, 2x 1.6 GHz - Kryo
Cores 4
Frequency 2200 MHz
Instruction Set ARMv8-A
Transistor Count 2 billion
L1 Cache 32 KB
L2 Cache 1 MB
Process 14 nanometers
TDP 11 W
Graphics
GPU Name Adreno 530
Graphics Architecture Adreno 500
GPU Frequency624 MHz
Execution Units 2
Shading Units 256
Flops 498 Gigaflops
Vulkan Version 1.1
Opencl Version 2.0
Directx Version 12
Memory
Memory Type LPDDR4
Memory BUS 4x 16 Bit
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz
Max Bandwidth29.8 Gbit/s
Max Size8 GB
Storage Type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Multimedia
Neural ProcessorHexagon 680
Max Display Resolution3840 x 2160
Max Camera Resolution1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video Capture 4K at 30FPS
Video Playback 4K at 30FPS
Video Codecs H.264, H.265
Audio Codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
Modem X12
4G LTE Cat. 12
5G No
Download Speed Up to 600 Mbps
Upload Speed Up to 150 Mbps
Wi Fi 5
Bluetooth 4.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Benchmark Scores

Standard synthetic performance benchmark evaluations.

Antutu

AnTuTu Score

CPU71915
GPU90703
Memory44715
UX58026
Total score262783
Geekbench

Geekbench Score

Single-Core Score317
Multi-Core Score800
Image compression48 Mpixels/s
Face detection8.36 images/s
Speech recognition19.45 words/s
Machine learning17 images/s
Camera shooting10.75 images/s
HTML 50.68 Mnodes/s
SQLite231.4 Krows/s
3D Mark

3DMark Graphics Score

Graphics test4 FPS
Score775