Intel Core M-5Y71 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core M-5Y71 CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Intel Core M-5Y71 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus

CPU comparison

Intel Core M-5Y71 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus - 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 M-5Y71 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core M-5Y71 was released in Q4/2014.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.96 GHz. The CPU supports up to 12 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus was released in Q4/2018.
Intel Core M (16) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
Intel Core M 5 (7) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3)
5 Generation 6
Broadwell Y Architecture Kryo 485
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core M-5Y71 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core M-5Y71 is 1.20 GHz (2.90 GHz) while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus is at 2.96 GHz.

Intel Core M-5Y71 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
2 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.20 GHz (2.90 GHz) A-Core 2.96 GHz
1x Kryo 485 Prime
-- B-Core 2.42 GHz
3x Kryo 485 Gold
-- C-Core 1.80 GHz
4x Kryo 485 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 M-5Y71 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
-- AI hardware Qualcomm AI engine
-- AI specifications Hexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core M-5Y71 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus 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 5300 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 640
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.25 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.68 GHz
8 GPU Generation 5
14 nm Technology 7 nm
3 Max. displays 1
24 Compute units 4
192 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
16 GB Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
11.2 DirectX Version 12.0

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 5300 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 640
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core M-5Y71 can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus supports up to 12 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.

Intel Core M-5Y71 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
DDR3L-1600 Memory LPDDR4X-4266
16 GB Max. Memory 12 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 2.00 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version --
12 PCIe lanes --
6.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core M-5Y71 is 4.5 W, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core M-5Y71 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
4.5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core M-5Y71 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 5.00 MB cache.

Intel Core M-5Y71 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
14 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1234 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Operating systems Android
Q4/2014 Release date Q4/2018
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core M-5Y71 (94%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core M-5Y71 (53%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus (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 M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
733 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
731 (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 M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1458 (55%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
2632 (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 M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
863 (87%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
994 (100%)

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 M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1424 (59%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
2397 (100%)

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 M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.90 GHz
346 (33%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Qualcomm Adreno 640 @ 0.68 GHz
1037 (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 M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
2027 (46%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
4389 (100%)

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 M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
714 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 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 M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1489 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 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 M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
558430 (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 M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
487155 (100%)

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 M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
119 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 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 M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
228 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
0 (0%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

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. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Intel Core M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
7 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core M-5Y71 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Unknown OnePlus 7T
OnePlus 7T Pro 5G
OnePlus 7 Pro
OnePlus 7T Pro
Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro Premium Edition
Realme X2 Pro

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