AMD A8-7650K vs Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 Benchmark, comparison and differences


AMD A8-7650K		Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3
CPU comparison In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD A8-7650K and the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster. We compare the AMD A8-7650K 4 core processor released in Q1/2014 with the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2022.

AMD A (112)	Family	Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
AMD A8-7000 (6)	CPU group	Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ3 (1)
4	Generation	2
Kaveri (Steamroller)	Architecture	Kryo 680
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A8-7650K is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (3.80 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 clocks with 3.00 GHz, has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.
AMD A8-7650K	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3
4	Cores	8
4	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No	Hyperthreading	No
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.30 GHz (3.80 GHz)	A-Core	3.00 GHz 4x Kryo 680 Gold
--	B-Core	2.40 GHz 4x Kryo 680 Silver
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD A8-7650K	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.
AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Kaveri)	GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 690
0.72 GHz	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
6	GPU Generation	6
28 nm	Technology	7 nm
2	Max. displays	0
6	Compute units	--
384	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	12.0

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Kaveri)	GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 690
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD A8-7650K, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 68.3 GB/s enabled.
AMD A8-7650K	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3
DDR3-2133	Memory	LPDDR4X-2133
	Max. Memory	16 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	8 (Octa Channel)
34.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	68.3 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	--
3.0	PCIe version	--
16	PCIe lanes	--
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The AMD A8-7650K has a TDP of 95 W. The TDP of the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 is --. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.
AMD A8-7650K	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3
95 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	--
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD A8-7650K has 4.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 is at 0.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 5 nm.
AMD A8-7650K	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3
28 nm	Technology	5 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	--
FM2+	Socket	--
AMD-V	Virtualization	None
Yes	AES-NI	No
	Operating systems	Android, Windows 10 (ARM)
Q1/2014	Release date	Q3/2022
95 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-7650K (41%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-7650K (25%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-7650K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	491 (29%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	1688 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-7650K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1433 (19%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	7538 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-7650K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	61 (52%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	117 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-7650K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	232 (30%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	771 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-7650K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	605 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-7650K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	3571 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-7650K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	198 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-7650K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	1261 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A8-7650K AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Kaveri) @ 0.72 GHz	533 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 Qualcomm Adreno 690 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD A8-7650K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	4340 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD A8-7650K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	1057 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A8-7650K 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	665 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)


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AMD A8-7650K vs Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3

CPU comparison with benchmarks

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Internal Graphics

Hardware codec support

Memory & PCIe

Thermal Management

Technical details