Since its inception in 1985, Qualcomm® is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing and commercialization of digital telecommunications products and services. According to the report of Insight Research Corp. in 2006, the worldwide telecom industry was in growth mode and its revenue was predicted to climb to $1.3 trillion by 2007. To grab that opportunity, Qualcomm® launched Snapdragon™ system on chip (SoC) in November 2006 by including scorpion processor and other required semiconductors in it. By July 2007, Qualcomm® named as world’s leading mobile integrated circuits (chipsets) provider by market research firm iSupply. As time passed, Qualcomm® had been recognized with many prestigious awards and accolades for its Snapdragon™ platform based products.
In the beginning on year 2013, Qualcomm® unveiled its first flagship processors, Snapdragon™ 800 and 600 to help smartphones, tablets, Smart TVs or any Snapdragon™ processor-based electronic devices with fast processing and long battery life. These processors were loaded with Quad Core Krait 300 CPU, Adreno 320 CPU, LPDDR3 RAM, 4G LTE Cat 4 and 802.11ac, UltraHD, HD Audio, and Dual ISPs up to 55MP. Under the flagship of Snapdragon™, Qualcomm® launched many processors including Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 212, 410E, 624, 626, 605, 660, 820, 835 and 845
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Let’s compare various features of Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 212 (APQ8009), 410E (APQ8016), 624 (APQ8053), 626(APQ8053 Pro), 605 (QCS605), 660, 820 (APQ8096), 835 (APQ8098) and 845 (SDM845), which can help you choose the right processor for your product development needs:
Features | Snapdragon 212 (APQ8009) | Snapdragon 410E (APQ8016) | ||
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 | Target Markets | Toy Drones, Domestic Robots, Smart Remotes, Smart Thermostats, Smart Assistants, Wearable | Portable handheld, Edge Computing, IoT Gateway, Industrial HMI, Access control | |
 | Processor | Quad Core ARM Cortex A7 (1.3 GHz) | Quad ARM® Cortex® A53 , 1.2GHzper core | |
 | Display | 720p, 1280×720, WXGA – Maximum On-Device Display Support | 1920×1200 + 1080p external displays supported + 720p Miracast™ Support | |
 | Bluetooth | BT 4.1 and BLE | BT4.1 | |
 | USB | USB 2.0 | USB2.0 | |
 | Graphics | Adreno 304 | Adreno 306, 400MHz OpenGL ES 3.0, OpenCL1.1e, DX9_FL9.3 | |
 | Video Decode | Upto 1080p30 – H.264, H.265 | 30 fps 1080p H.265 (HEVC): WVGA at 30fps, 720p 30fps | |
 | Operating Systems | Android | Android, Linux Win10 IoT (soon) | |
 | Long Life Support | — | Yes (2025) | |
 | Development Kit & SOMs | — | Yes |
Features | Snapdragon 624 (APQ8053 Lite) | Snapdragon 626 (APQ8053 Pro) | Snapdragon 605 (QCS605) | Snapdragon 660 | ||
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| Target Markets | Connected Cameras, Dash-Cam, 360 Camera, Action Camera, Security Camera, AR/VR, Huddle-Room Camera with Smart-assistant | Connected Cameras, Dash-Cam, 360 Camera, Action Camera, Security Camera, AR/VR, Huddle-Room Camera with Smart-assistant | Connected Cameras, Dash-Cam, 360 Camera, Action Camera, Security Camera, AR/VR, Huddle-Room Camera with Smart-assistant | IoT, Handhelds, Toy drones, Home / Industrial automation, 3D Gaming | |
| Processor | 64 bit, Octa-core ARM Cortex A-53 Up to 1.8 GHz per core | 64 bit, Octa-core, 8x ARM Cortex A53 Up to 2.2 GHz | 64-bit ARM v-8 compliant, 8x Qualcomm® Kryo™ 300 CPU 2×2.5 GHz(Gold), 6×1.7 GHz (Silver) | Octa Core 4x Kryo cores targeting 2.2 GHz 4x Kryo cores targeting 1.8 GHz | |
| Display | 1920 × 1200 @60fps via 2x 4 Lane MIPI- DSI (D-Phy) | 1920 × 1200 @60fps via 2x 4 Lane MIPI- DSI (D-Phy) | 2560 × 1600 @ 60 fps via 2x 4 Lane (D-Phy/C-Phy) | 2 x 4 Lane (D-Phy) via 2560 × 1600 @ 60 fps | |
| Bluetooth | BT 4.2 on WCN3980B | BT 4.2 on WCN3980B | WCN3990/WCN3980 – Bluetooth 5.0 | WCN3680B BT 5 | |
| USB | 1xUSB 3.0 | 1xUSB 3.0 | 1xUSB 3.1 | 1xUSB2.0, 1xUSB 3.1 | |
| Graphics | Adreno 506; up to 650 MHz 3D graphics accelerator | Adreno 506; up to 650 MHz 3D graphics accelerator | Andreno 615, up to 780MHz, Open CL | Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU 512 + Qualcomm Hexagon DSP with Hexagon Vector eXtensions (dual-HVX512) 787 MHz | |
| Video Decode | 1080p @ 90fps (HEVC/H.264/VP8/MPEG4/ SW VP9) | 4k at 30 fps, 1080p60, H.264, H.265, and VP8 | 5.7K30/4K60 8-bit: HEVC/H.264 + 1080P60 | Up to 4K Ultra HD video capture @ 30FPS | |
| Operating Systems | Linux, Kernel-3.18 Andriod O, Kernel-3.18 | Linux, Kernel-3.18 Andriod O, Kernel-3.18 | Linux, Kernel-4.9 Android- Oreo, Kernel 4.9 | Android – kernel 3-18 | |
| Long Life Support | — | — | — | — | |
| Development Kit & SOMs | Development Kit and SOM | — | Development Kit | Single Board Computer and Development Kit |
Features | Snapdragon 820 (APQ8096) | Snapdragon 835 (APQ8098) | Snapdragon 845 (SDM845) | ||
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| Target Markets | Digital Signage, Video Walls, HD cameras, Broadcasting | Connected Cameras, Dash-Cam, 360 Camera, Action Camera, Security Camera, AR/VR, Huddle-Room Camera with Smart-assistant | Connected Cameras, Dash-Cam, 360 Camera, Action Camera, Security Camera, AR/VR, Huddle-Room Camera with Smart-assistant | |
| Processor | Quad Core 64-bit ARMv8-compliant (2x 2.15GHz, 2x 1.65GHz) | Octa core Qualcomm® Kryo™ 280 CPU ( 4x 2.36GHz, 4x 1.9GHz ) | Octa Core Qualcomm® Kryo™ 385 CPU 4x 2.8GHz, 4x 1.8GHz | |
| Display | 2x 4 lane (D-Phy) 3840 x 2400 @60fps | 2x 4lane (DPhy), 2x 3lane (C-Phy) 3840 × 2160 @60fps | 2x 4lane (DPhy), 2x 3lane (C-Phy) 3850 x 2400 @60fps | |
| Bluetooth | BT 4.2+LE | BT 5.0 + LE | BT 5 Qualcomm® TrueWireless™ | |
| USB | 1x USB2.0, 1xUSB 3.0 | 1xUSB 3.1 | 2 x USB 3.1 | |
| Graphics | Adreno™ 530 up to 624MHz/64bit | Adreno™ 540 up to 710MHz/64bit | Adreno™ 630 up to 710MHz/64bit | |
| Video Decode | Up to 4K Ultra HD video capture @ 30FPS | Up to 4K Ultra HD video capture @ 30FPS 2160p30 / 1080p120/30 | Up to 4K Ultra HD video capture @ 60 FPS | |
| Operating Systems | Linux with limited features Android Naguat, kernel-3.18 | Android Oreo, Kernel- 4.4 | Andriod Oreo | |
| Long Life Support | — | — | — | |
| Development Kit & SOMs | Development Kit and SOM | — | Development Kit |
Find out how well you are positioned to select the right processor for your product development.
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