Qualcomm Officially Unveils the Snapdragon 820 Processor

Qualcomm has officially unveiled its new Snapdragon 820 Processor at an event in New York City. A number of leaks have already revealed the Snapdragon 820’s benchmark, as well as rumours that the chip is prone to overheating.

“As one of the most cutting-edge mobile processors ever created,” Qualcomm’s site reads, “the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 820 processor with X12 LTE supports the ultimate in connectivity, graphics, photography, power and battery efficiency.”

The Snapdragon 820 is X12 LTE-enabled through its new set of modems, capable of achieving Cat 12 downlink speeds of up to 600Mbps vai 3x20MHz Carrier Aggregation support, 33% faster than the X10 LTE equivalent, plus Cat 13 uplink speeds of up to 150Mbps though 64-QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) support.

Qualcomm’s chip features a Quad-core, custom 64-bit Kyro CPU (of up to 2.2GHz) and a Hexagon 680 DPS, bringing with them improvements to performance (double the previous iteration) and battery life, plus an Adreno 530 GPU, increasing graphics performance by 40% while drawing less power than the Adreno 430. The chip supports camera sensors of up to 28-megapixels, 4K video capture, playback, and display output, and LPDDR4 1866MHz dual-channel RAM. It also supports Quick Charge 3.0, USB 3.0, and Bluetooth 3.0.

Full specifications for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820:

CPU

Up to 2.2 GHz quad-core (Quad-core custom 64-bit Qualcomm® Kryo™)

GPU

Qualcomm® Adreno™ 530 GPU

Up to OpenGL ES 3.1+

DSP

Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 680 DSP

Camera

Up to 28 MP

Qualcomm® Spectra™ Image Sensor Processor (14-bit dual-ISP)

Video

Up to 4K Ultra HD capture and playback

H.264 (AVC)

H.265 (HEVC)

Display

4K Ultra HD on-device

4K Ultra HD output

1080p and 4K external display support

Charging

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0   LTE Connectivity

LTE Connectivity

Snapdragon X12 LTE with Global Mode

LTE Cat 12/13 (up to 600 Mbps DL 150 Mbps UL)

Up to 600 Mbps, 256-QAM DL

Up to 150 Mbps UL, 64-QAM UL

Carrier Aggregation

3x20MHz DL, 2X20MHz UL

Global Mode

• LTE FDD and TDD
• WCDMA (DB-DC-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA)
• TD-SCDMA
• EV-DO and CDMA 1x
• GSM/EDGE

Additional features include:

• LTE/Wi-FI link aggregation
• LTE-U
• LTE Broadcast
• LTE Dual SIM, Dual Active (DSDA)
• HD Voice over 3G and VoLTE
• Wi-Fi calling with LTE call continuity

Wi-Fi

Qualcomm® VIVE™ 802.11ac

2×2 MU-MIMO

Tri-band Wi-Fi

RF

Qualcomm® RF360™ front end solution

Location

Qualcomm® IZat™ Gen8C Security

Security

Qualcomm® Haven™ Security Suite:

• Qualcomm® SecureMSM™ hardware and software
• Snapdragon StudioAccess™ Content Protection
• Qualcomm® SafeSwitch™ theft prevention solution
• Qualcomm® Snapdragon Sense™ ID 3D fingerprint technology
• Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Smart Protect

Storage

UFS 2.0

eMMC 5.1

SD 3.0 (UHS-I)

Memory

LPDDR4 1866MHz dual-channel

Process Technology

14 nm

USB

USB 3.0/2.0

Bluetooth

Bluetooth 4.1

NFC

Supported

Part Number

8996