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Intel Atom C3538 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 31 %
Intel Atom C3538
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 36 %
Intel Atom C3538
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Atom C3538
4C / 4T · 2.10 GHz
332
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
1,088
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Atom C3538
4C / 4T · 2.10 GHz
1,279
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
3,250

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At a glance

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Intel Atom C3538Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
FamilyIntel Atom (108)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupIntel Atom C3000 (20)Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (2)
ArchitectureDenvertonKryo 680
Technology14 nm5 nm
SegmentDesktopSmartphone / Tablet
SocketBGA 1310
Predecessor
SuccessorQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Atom C3538Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 48 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x
2.10 GHz
1x Kryo 680 Prime
2.84 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Kryo 680 Gold
2.42 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 680 Silver
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB1.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Atom C3538Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
GPU nameno iGPUQualcomm Adreno 660
GPU frequency0.84 GHz
CUs / Shader / /
Raytracing
Max. displays0
Max. GPU Memory
Technology5 nm
Release dateQ1/2021

NPU AI performance

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Intel Atom C3538Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon 780 @ 26 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Atom C3538Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory256 GB16 GB
Memory channels24
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Atom C3538Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
TDP15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Atom C3538Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxAndroid
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ3/2017Q1/2021
Release price75 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Atom C3538
Intel Atom C3538
4C / 4T · 2.10 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz

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