Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 865 mobile platform scales 5G and leading 5th gen AI to power next-generation, premium devices with breakthrough features—from Gigapixel speed photography to desktop-level gaming features to staggering multi-gigabit 5G connectivity.
Our leading 5th gen Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine drives on-device experiences that are more intuitive, intelligent and responsive than ever before including smarte....
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Our leading 5th gen Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine drives on-device experiences that are more intuitive, intelligent and responsive than ever before including smarte....
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Our leading 5th gen Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine drives on-device experiences that are more intuitive, intelligent and responsive than ever before including smarter voice assistants with contextual awareness.
For stunning photography, the new Qualcomm Spectra™ 480 ISP captures professional-quality videos at Gigapixel speeds while simultaneou....
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Our leading 5th gen Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine drives on-device experiences that are more intuitive, intelligent and responsive than ever before including smarter voice assistants with contextual awareness.
For stunning photography, the new Qualcomm Spectra™ 480 ISP captures professional-quality videos at Gigapixel speeds while simultaneously taking brilliant 64MP photos.
Plus, brand-new Qualcomm® Snapdragon Elite Gaming™ features bring desktop-level gaming to mobile with ultra-realistic graphics from a revved-up GP....
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Product Brief
This is the most advanced 5G platform—ever. The Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System achieves staggering multi-gigabit speeds of up to 7.5 Gbps and supports all key regions and frequency bands from 5G mmWave and sub-6, TDD and FDD, to SA and NSA modes. With support for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) Snapdragon X55 helps rapidly expand the 5G global footprint.
Our leading 5th generation Qualcomm AI Engine packs 2x the performance of its predecessor. With the bran- new Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator, it pushes 15 trillion operations per second with maximum efficiency. This brilliant machine fuels intuitive mobile experiences in photography, gaming and voice interactions such as real-time AI translation.
Integrated directly into the AI engine, the all-new Qualcomm® Sensing Hub ensures highly accurate voice detection and always-on contextual awareness for smarter virtual assistants—all while using extremely low power.
The new Qualcomm Spectra 480 ISP captures professional-quality photos and videos and it’s faster– it can process 2 Gigapixels per second. This Gigapixel speed delivers new camera features including Dolby Vision video capture, 8K video recording, capture 200 megapixel photos, and simultaneously capture 4K HDR video and 64 MP photos.
Harness the power of jaw-dropping, desktop-level gaming with a full suite of brand-new Snapdragon Elite Gaming features—exclusively on the Snapdragon 865—including Desktop Forward Rendering for extreme realism and the first-ever updatable GPU drivers on mobile.
The Qualcomm® Kryo™ 585 CPU provides 25% faster performance to power dynamic, process-intensive experiences with incredible efficiency and superior battery life throughout the day. Plus, Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ AI technology checks battery health and safety to help extend battery life cycles up to 200 days.
The Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform is our ultimate intelligent mobile platform that will extend the way people see, hear and interact with the world around them. Learn more about all the features of our premium Snapdragon mobile platforms and the experiences they support.

Supports global roaming and global multi-SIM
Supports all key regions and frequency bands including mmWave, sub-6, TDD, FDD and Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS)
Compatible with both standalone and non-standalone modes
5th generation Qualcomm AI Engine is 2x more powerful than its predecessor
15 TOPS AI performance while using lower power
All-new Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator
New CV-ISP operates at 2 Gigapixels per second
No limit HD slow-motion video capture at 960 FPS
First Dolby Vision for video capture on mobile
Qualcomm® Adreno™ 650 GPU delivers up to 25% performance boost from its predecessor
• Full suite of brand -new Snapdragon Elite Gaming features including: Desktop Forward Rendering, Qualcomm® Game Color Plus v2.0, Qualcomm® Game Smoother
True 10-bit HDR gaming and first-ever updatable GPU drivers on mobile
Kyro CPU provides 25% faster performance
New Qualcomm Sensing Hub
Hexagon Voice Assistant Accelerator for advanced voice use cases
Qualcomm Aqstic™ Audio Technologies offer native DSD support, PCM up to 384 kHz/32-bit and customizable "Golden Ears" filter
Qualcomm® aptX™ Adaptive audio for robust, low-latency and high-quality wireless audio
5G
5G Chipset: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X55 Modem-RF System
5G Spectrum: Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS), mmWave, sub-6 GHz
5G mmWave specs: 800 MHz bandwidth, 8 carriers, 2x2 MIMO
5G sub-6 GHz specs: 200 MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO
5G Peak Download Speed: 7.5 Gpbs
Multi-SIM features: Global 5G multi-SIM
Performance Enhancement Technologies: Qualcomm 5G PowerSave, Qualcomm Smart Transmit technology, Qualcomm Wideband Envelope Tracking, Qualcomm Signal Boost adaptive antenna tuning
5G Peak Upload Speed: 3 Gbps
Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine
AIE CPU: Qualcomm® Kryo™ 585 CPU
AIE GPU: Qualcomm® Adreno™ 650 GPU
AIE DSP: Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Vector eXtensions (HVX), Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator, Qualcomm Sensing Hub, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 698 Processor, Qualcomm® Hexagon Scalar Accelerator
CPU
CPU Clock Speed: Up to 2.84 GHz
CPU Cores: Qualcomm® Kryo™ 585 CPU
CPU Architecture: 64-bit
Process
Process Technology: 7 nm
DSP
DSP Technology: Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Vector eXtensions (HVX)
Qualcomm® FastConnect™ Subsystem
Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Subsystem: Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 6800
60 GHz Wi-Fi features: Always-on Wi-Fi sensing, Wire-equivalent latency
Bluetooth Features: 1-to-many Bluetooth broadcast, Qualcomm TrueWireless™ Stereo, Bluetooth 5.1, Qualcomm® aptX™ Voice audio for super wide band voice calls, Qualcomm® aptX™ Adaptive
Wi-Fi 6 features: MU-MIMO (Uplink and Downlink), 8x8 sounding, OFDMA (Uplink and Downlink), 1024 QAM, Dual-band simultaneous (DBS), WPA3 security support, Target Wake Time
Cellular Modem
Modem Name: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X55 5G modem-RF system
Cellular Technology
Cellular Technology: HSPA, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE
LTE Technology: LTE including CBRS support
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi Standards: 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6), 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6-ready), 802.11ad, 802.11ay, 802.11ac Wave 2, 802.11a/b/g, 802.11n
Qualcomm® Wi-Fi 6 technology features: MU-MIMO (Uplink and Downlink), 8x8 sounding, OFDMA (Uplink and Downlink), 1024 QAM, Dual-band simultaneous (DBS), WPA3 security support, Target Wake Time
Wi-Fi Spectral Bands: 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 60 GHz
Peak Speed: 10 Gbps
Qualcomm® 60 GHz Wi-Fi technology features: Always-on Wi-Fi sensing, Wire-equivalent latency
Bluetooth
Bluetooth Audio: Qualcomm aptX Adaptive, Qualcomm aptX Voice audio for super wide band voice calls, Qualcomm TrueWireless Stereo
Bluetooth Version: Bluetooth 5.1
NFC
Near Field Communications: Supported
Location
Satellite Systems Support: Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, Dual frequency GNSS, GNSS, GPS, QZSS, SBAS
USB
USB Version: USB 3.1, USB-C
Camera
Image Signal Processor: Qualcomm Spectra™ 480 image signal processor, Hardware accelerator for computer vision (CV-ISP), Dual 14-bit CV-ISPs
Dual Camera, ZSL, 30fps: Up to 25 MP
Single Camera, MFNR, ZSL, 30fps: Up to 64 MP
Single Camera: Up to 200 MP
Camera Features: HEIF photo capture
Slow Motion Video Capture: 720p @ 960 FPS
Video Capture Formats: Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, HEVC
Video Capture Features: 4K video capture with simultaneous 64MP photo capture, Rec. 2020 color gamut video capture, Up to 10-bit color depth video capture
Video
Codec Support: Dolby Vision, H.265 (HEVC), HDR10+, HLG, HDR10, H.264 (AVC), VP8, VP9
Display
Max On-Device Display: 4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Max External Display: 4K @ 60 Hz
HDR: HDR10+, HDR10
Color Depth: Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut: Rec2020
General Audio
Audio Technology: Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Voice Assistant Accelerator, Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio codec up to WCD9385, Qualcomm Aqstic™ smart speaker amplifier up to WSA8815, Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology
GPU
GPU Name: Qualcomm® Adreno™ 650 GPU
GPU Video Playback: Volumetric VR video playback, 8K 360 VR video playback
API Support: OpenCL™ 2.0 FP, OpenGL® ES 3.2, Vulkan® 1.1, DX12
Charging
Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ Support: Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4+ technology, Quick Charge AI
Security Support
Fingerprint Sensor: Qualcomm® 3D Sonic, Qualcomm® 3D Sonic Max
Secure Processing Unit: Biometric Authentication (Fingerprint, Iris, Voice, Face)
Security Features: Camera Security, Crypto Engine, Key Provisioning Security, Malware Protection, Qualcomm® Content Protection, Qualcomm® Mobile Security, Qualcomm® Processor Security, Qualcomm® Trusted Execution Environment, Secure Boot, Secure Token
Memory
Memory speed: 2750MHz
Memory Type: 4x16bit, LPDDR5
Part
Part Numbers: SM8250
Qualcomm Snapdragon, Qualcomm Spectra, Qualcomm Sensing Hub, Qualcomm Adreno, Qualcomm Aqstic, Qualcomm Kryo, Qualcomm Hexagon, Qualcomm Quick Charge, Qualcomm AI Engine, Qualcomm Processor Security, Qualcomm aptX, Qualcomm FastConnect, Qualcomm 5G PowerSave, Qualcomm Smart Transmit, Qualcomm Wideband Envelope Tracking, Qualcomm® Wi-Fi 6, Qualcomm® 60 GHz Wi-Fi , Qualcomm TrueWireless, Qualcomm 3D Sonic, Qualcomm 3D Sonic Max, Qualcomm Mobile Security, Qualcomm Content Protection, Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite Gaming, Qualcomm Game Color Plus, Qualcomm Game SmooterQualcomm Trusted Execution Environment and Qualcomm Signal Boost are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
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| 5G Chipset | 5G Peak Download Speed | 5G Peak Upload Speed | CPU Clock Speed | CPU Cores | Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Subsystem | Modem Name | Single Camera | Audio Technology | GPU Name | Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X55 Modem-RF System | 7.5 Gpbs | 3 Gbps | Up to 2.84 GHz | Qualcomm® Kryo™ 585 CPU | Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 6800 | Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X55 5G modem-RF system | Up to 200 MP | Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio codec up to WCD9385 Qualcomm Aqstic™ smart speaker amplifier up to WSA8815 Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Voice Assistant Accelerator Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology | Qualcomm® Adreno™ 650 GPU | Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4+ technology Quick Charge AI |
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X50 Modem-RF System | — | — | Up to 2.84 GHz | Qualcomm® Kryo™ 485 CPU Octa-core CPU | Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 6200 | Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem | Up to 192 MP | Qualcomm TrueWireless™ Technology Qualcomm® Broadcast Audio technology Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology | Qualcomm® Adreno™ 640 GPU | Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4+ technology |
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X50 Modem-RF System | — | — | Up to 2.96 GHz | Qualcomm® Kryo™ 485 CPU Octa-core CPU | Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 6200 | Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem | Up to 192 MP | Qualcomm TrueWireless™ Technology Qualcomm® Broadcast Audio technology Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology | Qualcomm® Adreno™ 640 GPU | Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4+ technology |
| — | — | — | Up to 2.8 GHz | Qualcomm® Kryo™ 385 CPU Octa-core CPU | — | Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X20 LTE modem | Up to 192 MP | Qualcomm TrueWireless™ Technology Qualcomm® Broadcast Audio technology Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology 3 Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology 3 | Qualcomm® Adreno™ 630 GPU | Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4 technology |
| — | — | — | Up to 2.45 GHz | Qualcomm® Kryo™ 280 CPU Octa-core CPU | — | Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X16 LTE modem | Up to 32 MP | Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology 3 Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology 3 | Qualcomm® Adreno™ 540 GPU | Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4 technology |
| — | — | — | Up to 2.4 GHz | Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU Quad-core CPU | — | Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem | Up to 28 MP | Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology 4 | Qualcomm® Adreno™ 530 GPU | Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 technology |
| — | — | — | Up to 2.2 GHz | Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU Quad-core CPU | — | Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X12 LTE modem | Up to 28 MP | Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology 4 | Qualcomm® Adreno™ 530 GPU | Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 technology |