Intel Core i3-8100 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
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CPU comparisonIntel Core i3-8100 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 - 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 i3-8100 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-8100 was released in Q4/2017. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 24 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 was released in Q1/2024. |
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| Intel Core i3 (205) | Family | Qualcomm Snapdragon (104) |
| Intel Core i 8000 (20) | CPU group | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (2) |
| 8 | Generation | 3 |
| Coffee Lake S | Architecture | -- |
| Desktop / Server | Segment | Mobile |
| Intel Core i3-7100 | Predecessor | -- |
| Intel Core i3-9100 | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Intel Core i3-8100 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-8100 is 3.60 GHz while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 is at 3.00 GHz. |
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| Intel Core i3-8100 | Characteristic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 4 | Threads | 8 |
| normal | Core architecture | hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) |
| No | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 3.60 GHz | A-Core | 3.00 GHz 1x Cortex-X4 |
| -- | B-Core | 2.80 GHz 4x Cortex-A720 |
| -- | C-Core | 2.00 GHz 3x Cortex-A520 |
NPU AI performanceThe performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. |
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| Intel Core i3-8100 | Characteristic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 |
| -- | AI hardware | Qualcomm AI engine |
| -- | AI specifications | Hexagon NPU @ 10 TOPS ? |
| -- | NPU + CPU + iGPU | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)The Intel Core i3-8100 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 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. |
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| Intel UHD Graphics 630 | GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 740 |
| 0.35 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.72 GHz |
| 1.10 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| 9.5 | GPU Generation | 8 |
| 14 nm | Technology | 4 nm |
| 3 | Max. displays | 2 |
| 24 | Compute units | -- |
| 192 | Shader | -- |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | Yes |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 64 GB | Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB |
| 12 | DirectX Version | 12.1 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| Intel UHD Graphics 630 | GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 740 |
| 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 / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec AV1 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec AVC | Decode |
| Decode | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe Intel Core i3-8100 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 supports up to 24 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 67.0 GB/s. |
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| Intel Core i3-8100 | Characteristic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 |
| DDR4-2400 | Memory | LPDDR5X-8400 |
| 64 GB | Max. Memory | 24 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 4 (Quad Channel) |
| 38.4 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 67.0 GB/s |
| Yes | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | -- |
| 6.00 MB | L3 Cache | 12.00 MB |
| 3.0 | PCIe version | -- |
| 16 | PCIe lanes | -- |
| 15.8 GB/s | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i3-8100 is 65 W, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has a TDP of 10 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| Intel Core i3-8100 | Characteristic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 |
| 65 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 10 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| 100 °C | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe Intel Core i3-8100 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 is manufactured in 4 nm and has a 12.00 MB cache. |
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| Intel Core i3-8100 | Characteristic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 |
| 14 nm | Technology | 4 nm |
| Monolithic | Chip design | Chiplet |
| x86-64 (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | Armv9-A (64 bit) |
| SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | ISA extensions | -- |
| LGA 1151-2 | Socket | -- |
| VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d | Virtualization | None |
| Yes | AES-NI | No |
| Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Operating systems | Android, Windows 10/11 (ARM) |
| Q4/2017 | Release date | Q1/2024 |
| 117 $ | Release price | -- |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Qualcomm Adreno 740 @ 0.72 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AI performance (NPU)
The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.
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).
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).
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Intel Core i3-8100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| Intel Core i3-8100 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 |
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