Intel Core i5-8500B vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 425

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-8500B CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
Intel Core i5-8500B Qualcomm Snapdragon 425

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-8500B or Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 - 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 i5-8500B has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-8500B was released in Q1/2018.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 was released in Q3/2016.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (104)
Intel Core i 8000 (20) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 425/427 (2)
8 Generation 3
Coffee Lake S Architecture Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-8500B is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (4.10 GHz). The Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz.

Intel Core i5-8500B Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
6 Cores 4
6 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz Frequency 1.40 GHz
4.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.70 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 i5-8500B Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
-- AI hardware Qualcomm AI engine
-- AI specifications Hexagon 536
-- 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 630 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 308
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.50 GHz
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.50 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 3
14 nm Technology 28 nm
3 Max. displays 0
24 Compute units --
192 Shader 24
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 308
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 i5-8500B supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 can connect up to 4 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Core i5-8500B Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR3-1333
64 GB Max. Memory 4 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 10.7 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
9.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-8500B has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 is --.

Intel Core i5-8500B Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-8500B has a 9.00 MB cache, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

Intel Core i5-8500B Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
14 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1440 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2018 Release date Q3/2016
190 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500B (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (12%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500B (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (7%)

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 i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
1086 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
126 (12%)

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 i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
4689 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
394 (8%)

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 i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
1364 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
144 (11%)

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 i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
5220 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
396 (8%)

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 i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
Qualcomm Adreno 308 @ 0.50 GHz
24 (5%)

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 i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
9094 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
507 (6%)

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 i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
1052 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
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 i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
5612 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
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 i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
403 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
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 i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
2287 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
96 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
174 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
4C 4T @ 1.40 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 i5-8500B Intel Core i5-8500B
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
934 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-8500B Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
Apple Mac mini (2018) Unknown

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