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Intel Core i3-550 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 427

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-550
Rank 2 - 24 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-550
Rank 2 - 30 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
489
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C / 4T · 1.40 GHz
116
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
1,170
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C / 4T · 1.40 GHz
376
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-550
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
35
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
Qualcomm Adreno 308
24

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At a glance

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Intel Core i3-550Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupIntel Core i3 500 (4)Qualcomm Snapdragon 425/427 (2)
ArchitectureClarkdaleCortex-A53
Technology32 nm28 nm
SegmentDesktopSmartphone / Tablet
SocketLGA 1156
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-550Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 44 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 4x Cortex-A53
Frequency: 3.20 GHz 1.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache0.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-550Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Westmere)Qualcomm Adreno 308
GPU frequency0.50 - 0.73 GHz0.50 - 0.50 GHz
CUs / Shader12 / 24 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays20
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm28 nm
Release dateQ1/2010Q1/2016

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-550Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon 536
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-550Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1333 (5.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB4 GB
Memory channels21
ECCYesNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-550Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxAndroid
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ2/2010Q1/2017
Release price117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Intel Core i3-550
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C / 4T · 1.40 GHz

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