Intel Core i7-11700 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 617

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Intel Core i7-11700 CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
Intel Core i7-11700 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-11700 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 - 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 i7-11700 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-11700 was released in Q1/2021.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 was released in Q4/2015.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (103)
Intel Core i 11000 (22) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 (4)
11 Generation 2
Rocket Lake S Architecture Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i7-10700 Predecessor --
Intel Core i7-12700 Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-11700 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-11700 is 2.50 GHz (4.90 GHz) while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 is at 1.50 GHz.

Intel Core i7-11700 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8 Cores 8
16 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.50 GHz (4.90 GHz) A-Core 1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
-- B-Core 1.20 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

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 i7-11700 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
-- AI hardware Qualcomm AI engine
-- AI specifications Hexagon 546
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core i7-11700 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 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 750 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 405
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.55 GHz
1.30 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.55 GHz
12 GPU Generation 4
14 nm Technology 28 nm
3 Max. displays 0
32 Compute units --
256 Shader 48
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 750 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 405
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 Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-11700 can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 supports up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 7.5 GB/s.

Intel Core i7-11700 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR3-1866
128 GB Max. Memory 4 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 7.5 GB/s
No ECC No
4.00 MB L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-11700 is 65 W, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i7-11700 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
224 W @ 56 s TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-11700 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 20.00 MB cache. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i7-11700 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
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, AVX-512 ISA extensions --
LGA 1200 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2015
323 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-11700 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 (16%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-11700 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 (8%)

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 i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
1721 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
287 (17%)

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 i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
9872 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
1176 (12%)

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 i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
2196 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
301 (14%)

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 i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
9387 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
867 (9%)

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 i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
Intel UHD Graphics 750 @ 1.30 GHz
666 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
Qualcomm Adreno 405 @ 0.55 GHz
53 (8%)

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 i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
20144 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
893 (4%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
90 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
742 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
1545 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 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 i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
14327 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 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 i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
589 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 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 i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
5472 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 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 i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
145 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
620 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
5920 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-11700 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
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