New Snapdragon processor: The 820

What sort of a beast would be hidden within the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 820? A huge one for sure seeing the specs shown below--and news has it that the Xiaomi Mi5 would be the first device to unleash the beast!



Snapdragon 820 processor and some specs on it.
As one of the most cutting-edge mobile processors ever created, the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 820 processor with X12 LTE supports the ultimate in connectivity, graphics, photography, power and battery efficiency.

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
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

2x2 MU-MIMO

Tri-band Wi-Fi

RF
Qualcomm® RF360™ front end solution

Location
Qualcomm® IZat™ Gen8C

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