Intel Core i3-8300 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i3-8300 CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
Intel Core i3-8300 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450

CPU comparison

Intel Core i3-8300 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 - 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 i3-8300 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-8300 was released in Q4/2017.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 was released in Q3/2017.
Intel Core i3 (205) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
Intel Core i 8000 (20) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 (1)
8 Generation 4
Coffee Lake S Architecture Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i3-7300 Predecessor --
Intel Core i3-9300 Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-8300 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-8300 is 3.70 GHz while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 is at 1.80 GHz.

Intel Core i3-8300 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.70 GHz Frequency 1.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 i3-8300 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
-- AI hardware Qualcomm AI engine
-- AI specifications Hexagon 546

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i3-8300 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 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 630 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 506
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.60 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 5
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 0
24 Compute units --
192 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 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 630 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 506
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 Core i3-8300 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 supports up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 7.5 GB/s.

Intel Core i3-8300 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR3-1866
64 GB Max. Memory 6 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 7.5 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
6.00 MB L3 Cache --
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 i3-8300 is 62 W, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i3-8300 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
62 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-8300 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i3-8300 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-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
Q4/2017 Release date Q3/2017
125 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i3-8300 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 (14%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i3-8300 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 (23%)

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 i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1040 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
151 (15%)

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 i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
3425 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
941 (27%)

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 i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1296 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
166 (13%)

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 i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
3868 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
770 (20%)

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 i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
Qualcomm Adreno 506 @ 0.60 GHz
115 (27%)

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 i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
6242 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
1281 (21%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Intel Core i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
87906 (100%)

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 i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
158 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
8C 8T @ 1.80 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 i3-8300 Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
633 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i3-8300 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
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