AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1

Last updated: 2024-01-03

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
CPU comparison In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X and the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster. We compare the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6 core processor released in Q2/2018 with the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2019.

AMD Ryzen 5 (85)	Family	Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
AMD Ryzen 2000 (9)	CPU group	Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ1/SQ2 (2)
2	Generation	1
Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)	Architecture	Kryo 495
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz (4.20 GHz). The processor can compute 12 threads at the same time. The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 clocks with 3.00 GHz, has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
6	Cores	8
12	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.60 GHz (4.20 GHz)	A-Core	3.00 GHz 4x Kryo 495 Gold
--	B-Core	1.80 GHz 4x Kryo 495 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 Ryzen 5 2600X	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
--	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.
no iGPU	GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 685
	GPU frequency	0.25 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	0.65 GHz
--	GPU Generation	5
	Technology	7 nm
	Max. displays	2
--	Compute units	8
--	Shader	1536
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	4 GB
--	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.
no iGPU	GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 685
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe Up to 64 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 34.1 GB/s enabled.
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
DDR4-2933	Memory	LPDDR4X-4266
64 GB	Max. Memory	16 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	8 (Octa Channel)
46.9 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	--
20	PCIe lanes	--
19.7 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X has a TDP of 95 W. The TDP of the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 is 7 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
95 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	7 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
95 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X has 16.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 12 nm. The cache of Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 7 nm.
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
12 nm	Technology	7 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	--
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	--
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	None
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Android, Windows 10 (ARM)
Q2/2018	Release date	Q3/2019
220 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X (100%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 (69%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X (100%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 (47%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	66 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	45 (68%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	455 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	200 (44%)

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 Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1052 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	724 (69%)

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 Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	5782 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2808 (49%)

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 Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1074 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	7514 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1287 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	5598 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	421 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	3048 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 5 2600X @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 Qualcomm Adreno 685 @ 0.65 GHz	2030 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	109 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 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 Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	13982 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 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 Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	278.4 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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 Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	446 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	3593 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	176 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	1380 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
Memory Gaming PC mit Ryzen 5 2600X Memory PC Aufrüstkit mit Ryzen 5 2600X dercomputerladen PC mit Ryzen 5 2600X	Microsoft Surface X

News and articles for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X and the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1

The evolution of AMD Ryzen processors

Posted by Stefan on 2022-09-06

The AMD Ryzen processors are designed for the mid to high-end range and are grouped into the Ryzen 3, Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 9 classes. AMD follows the market leader Intel, which groups its Core i series (Intel Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 and Core i9) identically.

The AMD Ryzen processors were first introduced by AMD in Q1 2017. They are the successor to the not particularly successful AMD Bulldozer processors. The latter were manufactured using an outdated manufacturing process and could not keep up with the competing products from Intel. AMD lost a large portion of its desktop processor market share during this period.

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