Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Benchmark, comparison and differences


Intel Core i9-7980XE		Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
CPU comparison Intel Core i9-7980XE or Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 - 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 i9-7980XE has 18 cores with 36 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-7980XE was released in Q4/2017. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 10 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 was released in Q1/2018.

Intel Core i9 (78)	Family	Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
Intel Core i 7000X (9)	CPU group	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845/850 (2)
7	Generation	5
Skylake X	Architecture	Kryo 385
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Intel Core i9-9980XE	Successor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i9-7980XE is a 18 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (4.20 GHz). The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.80 GHz.
Intel Core i9-7980XE	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
18	Cores	8
36	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
2.60 GHz (4.20 GHz)	A-Core	2.80 GHz 4x Kryo 385 Gold
--	B-Core	1.80 GHz 4x Kryo 385 Silver
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 i9-7980XE	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

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.
no iGPU	GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 630
	GPU frequency	0.70 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	4
	Technology	10 nm
	Max. displays	2
--	Compute units	--
--	Shader	256
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	8 GB
--	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.
no iGPU	GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 630
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode
No	Codec VP8	Decode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i9-7980XE supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 can connect up to 10 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.
Intel Core i9-7980XE	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
DDR4-2666	Memory	LPDDR4X-3733
128 GB	Max. Memory	10 GB
4 (Quad Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
85.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	52.0 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	1.50 MB
25.00 MB	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	--
44	PCIe lanes	--
43.3 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i9-7980XE has a TDP of 165 W, that of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 is --.
Intel Core i9-7980XE	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
165 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	--
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i9-7980XE has a 25.00 MB cache, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 cache has a total of 3.50 MB.
Intel Core i9-7980XE	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
14 nm	Technology	10 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 2066	Socket	--
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	None
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Android
Q4/2017	Release date	Q1/2018
1999 $	Release price	--

show more data		show more data

Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 2.60 GHz (4.20 GHz) buy now on Amazon and save! Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz buy now on Amazon and save!

Rate these processors

Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-7980XE (100%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (43%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-7980XE (100%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (14%)

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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz	1121 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	504 (45%)

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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	16495 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	2165 (13%)

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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz	1394 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	552 (40%)

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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	11708 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	2022 (17%)

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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	30321 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	3276 (11%)

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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz	1281 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	28196 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz	446 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	7671 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 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 i9-7980XE @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Qualcomm Adreno 630 @ 0.70 GHz	737 (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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 2.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	361498 (100%)

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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	77 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 2.60 GHz	10563 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz	184 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 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 i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	3455 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i9-7980XE	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Unknown	OnePlus 6 OnePlus 6T Vivo NEX S Asus Zenfone 5z Razer Phone 2 Asus ROG Phone Sony Xperia XZ2


1.		Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G
2.		Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
3.		Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
4.		Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
5.		Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
6.		MediaTek Helio G99 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
7.		Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
8.		Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
9.		Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
10.		Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

CPU comparison with benchmarks

CPU comparison

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Internal Graphics

Hardware codec support

Memory & PCIe

Thermal Management

Technical details