Intel Core i3-1000NG4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2

Last updated: 2023-11-08

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i3-1000NG4		Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
CPU comparison Intel Core i3-1000NG4 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 - 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 Core i3-1000NG4 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-1000NG4 was released in Q2/2020. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.15 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 was released in Q4/2018.

Intel Core i3 (205)	Family	Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
Intel Core i 1000G/10000U (19)	CPU group	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx (2)
10	Generation	2
Ice Lake U	Architecture	Kryo 495
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i3-1000NG4 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-1000NG4 is 1.10 GHz (3.20 GHz) while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 is at 3.15 GHz.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
4	Cores	8
8	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.10 GHz (3.20 GHz)	A-Core	3.15 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.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
--	AI hardware	Qualcomm AI engine
--	AI specifications	Hexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i3-1000NG4 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 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 Iris Plus Graphics G4	GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 690
0.30 GHz	GPU frequency	0.25 GHz
0.90 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	0.59 GHz
11	GPU Generation	6
14 nm	Technology	7 nm
3	Max. displays	0
48	Compute units	--
384	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
32 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.
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4	GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 690
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i3-1000NG4 can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 59.6 GB/s. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 supports up to 32 GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 68.2 GB/s.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
LPDDR4-3733, DDR4-3200	Memory	LPDDR4X-4266
32 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	8 (Octa Channel)
59.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	68.2 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	--
16	PCIe lanes	--
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i3-1000NG4 is 9 W, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 has a TDP of 7 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
9 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	7 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i3-1000NG4 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i3-1000NG4	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
10 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	--
BGA 1377	Socket	--
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	None
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Android, Windows 10 (ARM)
Q2/2020	Release date	Q4/2018
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i3-1000NG4 (100%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 (70%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i3-1000NG4 (85%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 (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.


	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1085 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	760 (70%)

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 Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	2416 (85%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	2855 (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.


	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	898 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 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.


	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1701 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 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.


	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1278 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 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.


	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	2241 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 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.


	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	348 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 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.


	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	612 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 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.


	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 @ 0.90 GHz	691 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Adreno 690 @ 0.59 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.


	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	3784 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 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.


	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	142 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 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.


	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	326 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

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. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).


	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 1.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	7 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i3-1000NG4	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
Apple MacBook Air (2020)	Lenovo Flex 5G Lenovo Yoga C 5G Samsung Galaxy Book S

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