Intel Core i7-7600U vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-7600U CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
Intel Core i7-7600U Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-7600U or Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G - 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 i7-7600U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-7600U was released in Q4/2016.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G was released in Q4/2021.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
Intel Core i 7000U (18) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 (2)
7 Generation 6
Kaby Lake U Architecture Kryo 460
Mobile Segment Mobile
Intel Core i7-6600U Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-7600U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-7600U is 2.80 GHz (3.90 GHz) while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G is at 2.20 GHz.

Intel Core i7-7600U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
2 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.80 GHz Frequency 2.20 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.90 GHz 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 i7-7600U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-7600U or Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G 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 HD Graphics 620 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 619
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.95 GHz
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation 6
14 nm Technology 8 nm
3 Max. displays 2
24 Compute units --
192 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 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 HD Graphics 620 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
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-7600U can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 17.0 GB/s.

Intel Core i7-7600U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
DDR4-2133, DDR3-1866 Memory LPDDR4X-4266
32 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 17.0 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
12 PCIe lanes --
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-7600U is 15 W, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i7-7600U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-7600U is manufactured in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G is manufactured in 8 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i7-7600U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
14 nm Technology 8 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1356 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q4/2016 Release date Q4/2021
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-7600U (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G (65%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-7600U (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G (87%)

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 i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
928 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
541 (58%)

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 i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1920 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1695 (88%)

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 i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1253 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
892 (71%)

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 i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
2354 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
2011 (85%)

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 i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (82%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
Qualcomm Adreno 619 @ 0.95 GHz
536 (100%)

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 i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
400 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 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 i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
690 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
Intel Core i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
315497 (100%)

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 i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
273594 (100%)

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 i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
3725 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1167.3 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 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 i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
166 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 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 i7-7600U Intel Core i7-7600U
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
417 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-7600U Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
Unknown Motorola Moto G51 5G
Sharp Aquos Wish

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