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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Apple A5
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Apple A5
36 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Apple A5
100 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
100 %
Qualcomm Adreno 530
Apple A5
3 %
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (3) | Apple A5/A5X (2) |
| Architecture | Kryo | A5 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Apple A6 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Kryo 2.40 GHz |
2x Cortex-A9 1.00 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 2x Kryo 1.60 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Qualcomm Adreno 530 | PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.62 - 0.62 GHz | 0.20 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | / 256 | 4 / 32 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 0 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2015 | Q1/2012 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Qualcomm AI engine | |
| AI specifications | Hexagon 680 | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3733 (14.9 GB/s) | LPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | ||
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Android | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv7-A (32 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q3/2016 | Q1/2011 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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