Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 855 Mobile Platform is the first mobile platform to collectively

commercialize 5G, AI and XR, ushering in a new decade of revolutionary experiences. It’s the
premier mobile platform for a bold new era.

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Multi-gigabit everything
Snapdragon ™
The world’s first commercial 5G mobile platform unleashes transformative 5G experiences with the
Snapdragon™ X50 5G modem while harnessing multi-gigabit 4G connectivity. Combined with a

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new era of Wi-Fi performance, this is innovation for the next generation.

• Multi-gigabit 5G, 4G LTE and Wi-Fi

• Support for mmWave and sub-6 GHz
• Up to 20x sustained performance leap compared to 4G
Mobile Platform

Powerful, intuitive experiences

Snapdragon 855 is powered by new architecture improvements and leading 7nm process
technology, a giant leap in CPU smartphone performance, and a Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor
that’s purpose-built for AI. This platform packs unimaginable performance and power efficiency for
the next echelon of 5G, AI and XR – all while providing what matters most: insane battery life.

• Qualcomm® Kryo™ 485 CPU provides up to a 45% uplift in performance

• Continuous 4K HDR capture thanks to a 30% improvement in energy efficiency
• Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 690 DSP featuring 2x Vector accelerator increase in performance
and a new Tensor accelerator

AI to the 4th Power

Our 4th generation on-device AI engine is the ultimate personal assistant for camera, voice, XR and
gaming – delivering smarter, faster and more secure experiences. Utilizing all cores, it packs 3 times
the power of its predecessor for stellar on-device AI capabilities.

• Built with enhanced architectures geared towards AI

• Greater than 7 trillion operations per second (TOPS)
• Three times improvement over all cores

Cinema-grade videography
From bleeding-edge color to a new evolution of cinema-grade videography, this platform sets
brilliant new standards for mobile – including the world’s first Computer Vision (CV-ISP) delivering
4K HDR video capture with Portrait Mode.

• World’s first HDR10+ video capture

• Real-time object segmentation
• First Snapdragon mobile platform with HEIF saves photos, videos, and computer vision data
at half the size

Incredibly captivating entertainment

To learn more visit Go big, even when you’re not at home. With 4K HDR video playback, your motion pictures will be
snapdragon.com brilliant, scene-by-scene and frame-by-frame. 5G makes XR real time, so fully immersive interactions
happen at the speed of life. Plus, Snapdragon Elite Gaming equates to multi-player experiences
All comparisons made are in reference
that mimic human reflex. Game on.
to previous generation, Snapdragon 845
mobile platform. Results will vary depending • First true HDR gaming on mobile, providing over 1 billion shades of color
on OEM implementation and other factors.
• Qualcomm® Adreno™ 640 GPU delivers up to 20% faster graphics rendering
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Qualcomm Hexagon, Qualcomm Adreno, • Qualcomm® aptX™ Adaptive and Qualcomm Aqstic™ deliver a smooth, crystal-clear audio experience
Qualcomm aptX and Qualcomm Aqstic
are products of Qualcomm Technologies
Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
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855 Mobile Platform

SPECIFICATIONS & FEATURES

Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence Engine • Key Features: multi-gigabit speeds, wire- Visual Subsystem
equivalent latency, always-on ambient
• Qualcomm Hexagon™ 690 Processor
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Wi-Fi sensing • Adreno 640 GPU
• Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Vector Accelerator • Vulkan 1.1 API support
• Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator Camera • HDR gaming (10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020
• Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Voice Assistant • Qualcomm® Spectra™ 380 Image Sensor color gamut)
• Qualcomm® All-Ways Aware™ Hub Processor • Physically Based Rendering
• Qualcomm Adreno™ 640 GPU
® • Dual 14-bit ISPs • API Support: OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP,
• Hardware accelerator for computer vision Vulkan 1.1
• Qualcomm Kryo™ 485 CPU
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(CV-ISP) • Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder

5G Modem • Up to 20 MP dual camera • HDR Playback Codec support for HDR10+,
• Up to 32 MP single camera HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision
• Snapdragon™ X50 5G Modem
• Rec. 2020 color gamut video capture • Volumetric VR video playback
• Supported Technologies: 5G NR
• Up to 10-bit color depth video capture • 8K 360 VR video playback
• Support for sub-6 GHz and mmWave
• Slow motion video capture at 720p HDR, RF Front-End
• Supported Spectrum:
480fps
• mmWave: 800 MHz bandwidth, 2x2 MIMO • Comprehensive 5G/4G modem-to-antenna
• HEIF photo capture, HEVC video capture
• Sub-6 GHz: 100 MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO solution
• Video Capture Formats: HDR10+, HDR10, HLG
• QTM052 5G mmWave antenna module
4G Modem • 4K HDR Video Capture with Portrait Mode
(Bokeh) • Qualcomm Adaptive Antenna Tuning
• Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem • Multi-frame Noise Reduction (MFNR) • Qualcomm Envelope Tracking
• Cellular Technologies: LTE FDD, LTE TDD • Real-time object classification, segmentation • High-power transmit (HPUE)
including CBRS support, LAA, LTE Broadcast, and replacement
WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM/ Security
EDGE
Audio
• Downlink: LTE Cat 20 up to 2.0 Gbps, 7x20 • Secure Processing Unit featuring mobile
MHz carrier aggregation, 256-QAM, 4x4 MIMO • Low-power Audio Subsystem with AI payments and Qualcomm® 3D Sonic Sensor
on five carriers • Hexagon Voice Assistant Accelerator for • Biometric Authentication: Fingerprint, Iris, Voice,
• Uplink: LTE Cat 13 up to 318 Mbps, 3x20 MHz advanced voice use cases Face
carrier aggregation, 256-QAM, Uplink Data • Qualcomm Aqstic™ Audio Technology • On-Device: Qualcomm® Mobile Security, Key
Compression Provisioning Security, Qualcomm® Processor
• Native DSD support, PCM up to
• Multi SIM with support for Dual SIM Dual Security, Qualcomm® Content Protection,
384 kHz/32-bit
VoLTE (DSDV) and LTE Dual SIM Dual Standby Qualcomm® Trusted Execution Environment,
• Supports two wake words simultaneously Camera Security, Crypto Engine, Malware
(DSDS) +LAA
(Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Baidu, Protection, Secure Boot, Secure Token
• Next-generation Calling Services including Cortana)
VoLTE with SRVCC to 3G and 2G, HD and
• Always-on echo cancellation and noise Memory
Ultra HD Voice (EVS), and CSFB to 3G and 2G
suppression; up to 4 mic far-field mic support for
better voice recognition in tough conditions • Memory Speed: 2133 MHz
Wi-Fi • Memory Type: 4x16-bit, LPDDR4x
• Qualcomm aptX™ Adaptive audio technology
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• Qualcomm® Wi-Fi 6-ready mobile platform • aptX Adaptive adjusts performance for • Memory Density: up to 16 GB
• Wi-Fi Standards: 802.11ax-ready, 802.11ac optimum quality, latency, and efficiency
Wave 2, 802.11a/b/g, 802.11n Connectivity Specifications
• Qualcomm TrueWireless™ Stereo Plus technology
• Wi-Fi Spectral Bands: 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz • Bluetooth Version: 5.0
• Channel Utilization: 20/40/80 MHz Display • Bluetooth Speed: 2 Mbps
• MIMO Configuration: 2x2 (2-stream) • Maximum On-Device Display Support: Up to • Satellite Systems Support: Dual frequency
• MU-MIMO 4K HDR GNSS, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS,
• Maximum External Display Support: Up to two SBAS
• Dual-band simultaneous (DBS)
4K HDR displays • Near Field Communications (NFC): Supported
• Key Features: 8x8 sounding (up to 2x
improvement over 4x4 sounding devices), • 10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut • USB Version 3.1; USB Type-C Support
Target Wakeup Time for up to 67% better
power efficiency, latest security with WPA3 CPU Charging
• Qualcomm® 60 GHz Wi-Fi mobile platform • 8x Qualcomm® Kryo™ 485 • Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4+ technology
• Wi-Fi Standards: 802.11ad, 802.11ay • Up to 2.84 GHz
• Wi-Fi Spectral Band: 60 GHz • 64-bit Architecture
• Peak speed: 10 Gbps • 7nm Process Technology

Certain optional features available subject to Carrier and OEM selection for an additional fee.
Qualcomm Aqstic, Qualcomm aptX, Qualcomm Snapdragon Upload+, Qualcomm All-Ways Aware, Qualcomm Quick Charge, Qualcomm TrueWireless, Qualcomm Processor Security, Qualcomm Mobile Security, and Qualcomm Content Protection
are products of Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
Other products and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Qualcomm, Snapdragon, Kryo, Adreno, Qualcomm Spectra and Hexagon are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United
States and other countries.