Intel Core m3-8100Y vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core m3-8100Y CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Intel Core m3-8100Y Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

CPU comparison

Intel Core m3-8100Y 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 m3-8100Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core m3-8100Y was released in Q3/2018.

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 i3 (205) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (104)
Intel Core M 8 (1) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 (1)
8 Generation 1
Amber Lake Y Architecture Kryo Gold / Kryo Silver
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core m3-8100Y has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core m3-8100Y is 1.10 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 is at 2.00 GHz.

Intel Core m3-8100Y Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
2 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.10 GHz (3.40 GHz) A-Core 2.00 GHz
2x Cortex-A78
-- B-Core 1.80 GHz
6x Cortex-A55

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 m3-8100Y Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
-- AI hardware Qualcomm AI engine
-- AI specifications Hexagon
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core m3-8100Y or Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 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 615 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 619
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.01 GHz
0.90 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
8 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 615 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 m3-8100Y can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.9 GB/s. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 17.1 GB/s.

Intel Core m3-8100Y Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600 Memory LPDDR4X-4266
16 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 17.1 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
10 PCIe lanes --
9.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core m3-8100Y is 5 W, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core m3-8100Y Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
8 W TDP up --
4.5 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core m3-8100Y is manufactured in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 is manufactured in 6 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Core m3-8100Y Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
14 nm Technology 6 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1515 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Operating systems Android, Windows 10 (ARM)
Q3/2018 Release date Q3/2022
281 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core m3-8100Y (82%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core m3-8100Y (48%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (100%)

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 m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
763 (82%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
926 (100%)

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 m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
1429 (48%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
2979 (100%)

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 m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1028 (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 m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
1740 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 2.00 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 m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
231 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 2.00 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 m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
412 (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 m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
Intel UHD Graphics 615 @ 0.90 GHz
346 (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 m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
2916 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 2.00 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 m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
93 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 2.00 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 m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
176 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core m3-8100Y Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
GPD P2 Max Windows 10 Ultrabook
GPD P2 MAX Ultra Mobiler Mini PC Laptop 8.9 Zoll
Laptop ONE-Netbook OneMix 3s
ASUS Chromebook Flip C434TA-AI0108
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