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Snapdragon 821 Launched, Tops Out At 2.4GHz

Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 11 July 2016 at 01:01 PM EDT. 18 Comments

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 821 SoC this morning as its fastest processor to date and comes out slightly ahead of the Snapdragon 820.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 is reported to be about 10% faster than the Snapdragon 820, in part due to bumping the clock frequency to 2.4GHz. Other features and specs are similar to that of the 820 as a complementary product.

More details on the Snapdragon 821 can be found over at Qualcomm.com. Can't wait to see what devices this processor will appear in!

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