Intel Core i5-11500H vs Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-11500H CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
Intel Core i5-11500H Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-11500H or Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 - 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 i5-11500H has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-11500H was released in Q2/2021.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 0.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 was released in Q4/2021.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon G (4)
Intel Core i 11000H (17) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon G Gen 1 (3)
11 Generation 1
Tiger Lake H Architecture Kryo
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i5-12500H Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-11500H is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.90 GHz (4.60 GHz). The Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of --.

Intel Core i5-11500H Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
6 Cores 8
12 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.90 GHz Frequency --
4.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The 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.

Intel Core i5-11500H Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) GPU Unknown
0.35 GHz GPU frequency --
1.45 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
11 GPU Generation --
10 nm Technology
3 Max. displays 0
32 Compute units --
256 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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 11th Gen (32 EU) GPU Unknown
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-11500H supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 can connect up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels.

Intel Core i5-11500H Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
DDR4-3200 Memory
128 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
5.00 MB L2 Cache --
12.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-11500H has a TDP of 45 W, that of the Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 is --.

Intel Core i5-11500H Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
35 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-11500H has a 17.00 MB cache, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

Intel Core i5-11500H Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
10 nm Technology 6 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions --
BGA 1787 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q2/2021 Release date Q4/2021
250 $ Release price --
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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.
Intel Core i5-11500H Intel Core i5-11500H
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1442 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
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 i5-11500H Intel Core i5-11500H
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
9532 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)

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 i5-11500H Intel Core i5-11500H
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1459 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)

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 i5-11500H Intel Core i5-11500H
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
6672 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
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 i5-11500H Intel Core i5-11500H
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1934 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
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 i5-11500H Intel Core i5-11500H
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
6329 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
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 i5-11500H Intel Core i5-11500H
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
577 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
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 i5-11500H Intel Core i5-11500H
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
4186 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
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 i5-11500H Intel Core i5-11500H
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.45 GHz
742 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
Unknown @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
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 i5-11500H Intel Core i5-11500H
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
16082 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-11500H Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
Unknown Unknown

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