I-Qualcomm iveze i-Snapdragon 821 yayo entsha okuyiyo enye i-chip yokuphela okuphezulu, noma kukhulunywa ngokuchazwa kabusha ukuthi yini i-Snapdragon 820, i-CPU esiyibonile kuma-smartphones aphezulu aphezulu ahlinzeka ngemidwebo emihle kakhulu namandla wokucubungula idatha kanye nezibalo. I-821 iyi-chip eza ukugcwalisa igebe phakathi kwe-820 ne-flagship elandelayo engaba yi-Snapdragon 830.
Manje i-Qualcomm ichaza ezinye zezici ezinhle kakhulu ze-Snapdragon 821 ukuthuthukisa izici ezithile ezifana ne- ukusebenza okungcono kakhulu, ukuthuthuka ngezikhathi zokuqalisa nasekulayisheni izinhlelo zokusebenza ngamaphesenti ayi-10 ngokushesha. Uma iQualcomm ithathe umzamo wokwethula i-821 kungenxa yesizathu esithile esisobala futhi lezo zithuthukisi ngokujwayelekile zinezizathu zazo ukuze sikwazi ukukhuluma ngale CPU namuhla.
Lokhu kulungiselelwa ku-Snapdragon 821 nakho kuholela ekwenzeni ngcono ukusebenza lapho upheqa i-inthanethi nokuskrola okushelelayo. Ukusebenza kwe-Adreno GPU ithuthuka ngamaphesenti ama-5, Ezosiza imidlalo neqiniso elibonakalayo ukuthi liziphathe kangcono. Futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, konke lokho kukhuphuka kokusebenza akuholeli ekusetshenzisweni kwebhethri eliphakeme, kepha okuphambene nalokho, kuhlala kuze kufike kumaphesenti ama-5 ubude.
Amadivayisi asebenzisa le chip azoba iyahambisana ne-Daydream, IVR yakwaGoogle, njengoba kunjalo ngeSpapdragon 820. Kodwa kulokhu kulokhu iQualcomm izokwethula i-SDK yale chip enikeza ikhwalithi ephezulu yomsindo nevidiyo kanye neqiniso elibonakalayo lokusebenza okuphezulu nekhwalithi.
Ngaphandle kwalokho, iphinde inikeze ukusekelwa ku- I-Dual PDAF ngokugxila ngokushesha nasekuthuthukiseni ukunemba kwe-laser kuqhathaniswa ne-Snapdragon 820. I-smartphone yokuqala ukuthola le chip yi-ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe, ene-PDAF ne-laser, okuzoholela ekutheni ugxile kumasekhondi angu-0,03.