Intel Celeron 5205U vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 617

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Intel Celeron 5205U CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
Intel Celeron 5205U Qualcomm Snapdragon 617

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron 5205U or Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Celeron 5205U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 5205U was released in Q4/2019.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 was released in Q4/2015.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
Intel Celeron 5000 (2) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 (4)
10 Generation 2
Comet Lake U Architecture Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
Intel Celeron 4205U Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron 5205U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron 5205U is 1.90 GHz while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 is at 1.50 GHz.

Intel Celeron 5205U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
2 Cores 8
2 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.90 GHz A-Core 1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
-- B-Core 1.20 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

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.

Intel Celeron 5205U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
-- AI hardware Qualcomm AI engine
-- AI specifications Hexagon 546

Internal Graphics

The Intel Celeron 5205U or Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) GPU Qualcomm Adreno 405
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.55 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.55 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 4
14 nm Technology 28 nm
3 Max. displays 0
24 Compute units --
192 Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 11

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.

Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) GPU Qualcomm Adreno 405
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron 5205U can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 supports up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 7.5 GB/s.

Intel Celeron 5205U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
LPDDR3-2133, DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR3-1866
64 GB Max. Memory 4 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 7.5 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache --
2.0 PCIe version --
12 PCIe lanes --
6.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Celeron 5205U is 15 W, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Celeron 5205U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
12.5 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Celeron 5205U is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Celeron 5205U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
14 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1528 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q4/2019 Release date Q4/2015
128 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron 5205U (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 (71%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron 5205U (81%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 (87%)

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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
457 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
287 (63%)

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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
840 (71%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
1176 (100%)

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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
385 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
301 (78%)

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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
636 (73%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
867 (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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) @ 0.90 GHz
361 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
Qualcomm Adreno 405 @ 0.55 GHz
53 (15%)

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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
1455 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
893 (61%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Celeron 5205U Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
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