Intel Core i5-14500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-14500 CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Intel Core i5-14500 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-14500 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 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 i5-14500 has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-14500 was released in Q1/2024.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 was released in Q3/2022.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
Intel Core i 14000 (23) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 (1)
14 Generation 1
Raptor Lake S Refresh Architecture Kryo Gold / Kryo Silver
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i5-13500 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-14500 is a 14 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (5.00 GHz). The Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz.

Intel Core i5-14500 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
14 Cores 8
20 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz (5.00 GHz)
6x Raptor Cove
A-Core 2.00 GHz
2x Cortex-A78
1.90 GHz (3.70 GHz)
8x Gracemont
B-Core 1.80 GHz
6x Cortex-A55

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 i5-14500 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
-- AI hardware Qualcomm AI engine
-- AI specifications Hexagon

Internal Graphics

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 770 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 619
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.01 GHz
1.55 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
11 GPU Generation 6
10 nm Technology 8 nm
3 Max. displays 2
32 Compute units --
256 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
12 DirectX Version 12.1

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 770 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 619
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-14500 supports a maximum of 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Core i5-14500 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4X-4266
192 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
89.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 17.1 GB/s
Yes ECC No
20.00 MB L2 Cache --
24.00 MB L3 Cache --
5.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-14500 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 is --.

Intel Core i5-14500 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
154 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-14500 has a 44.00 MB cache, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

Intel Core i5-14500 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 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, AVX2+ ISA extensions --
LGA 1700 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)
Q1/2024 Release date Q3/2022
232 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-14500 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (49%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-14500 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (21%)

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 i5-14500 Intel Core i5-14500
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
1877 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
926 (49%)

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 i5-14500 Intel Core i5-14500
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
14253 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
2979 (21%)

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 i5-14500 Intel Core i5-14500
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
2675 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 2.00 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 i5-14500 Intel Core i5-14500
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
14965 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 2.00 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 i5-14500 Intel Core i5-14500
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz
794 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Qualcomm Adreno 619 @ 0.01 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 i5-14500 Intel Core i5-14500
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
32505 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-14500 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
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