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The Snapdragon 800 MSM8274 is a mobile phone chipset from Qualcomm that has been used in many high-end mobile phones. These range from Nokia to Sony mobile phones. Much like the Snapdragon S4 MSM8974 there are a number of versions for this chipset as well.
The Snapdragon 800 MSM8274 v1 comes with a 4x Qualcomm Krait 400 processor. The speed can be at 2.2 Ghz with the Krait processor. With a highly efficient quad core processor there is also 2,048 KB/Core of cache ram. The video and graphics are processed by a Qualcomm Adreno 330 GPU which is also very good. The chipset is very good for multimedia phones as it can process video encoding at 2160 pixels and can also manage a 55 MP camera. Usually these mobile phones come with large amounts of ram and storage space. The is also LPDDR3 SDRAM and a USB port. The chipset has been used in the following mobile phones:
Search this website for more information on chipsets and the specification on many mobile phones. The versions of this chipset has been added below and you can see that it is mainly the speed of the processor, GPU or the memory. The difference for most people would not make a significant difference. Always check with the salesman at the store where you buy your mobile phone to check the specifications to see if it matches what you are expecting. Note that the chipset versions are as follows:
Snapdragon 800 MSM8274
| Chipset Version | Memory Speed | Processor Speed | GPU Speed |
| Snapdragon 800 MSM8274 v1 | 800 MHz | 2150 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Snapdragon 800 MSM8274AB v2 | 933 MHz | 2265 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Snapdragon 801 MSM8274AB v3 | 933 MHz | 2265 MHz | 578 MHz |
| Snapdragon 801 MSM8274AC v3 | 2457 MHz | 578 MHz |
