Intel Core Ultra 5 134U vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G

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Intel Core Ultra 5 134U CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
Intel Core Ultra 5 134U Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G

CPU comparison

Intel Core Ultra 5 134U 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 Ultra 5 134U has 12 cores with 14 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 5 134U was released in Q1/2024.

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 Ultra 5 (10) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
Intel Core Ultra 100U (7) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 (2)
1 Generation 6
Meteor Lake U Architecture Kryo 460
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core Ultra 5 134U has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 14 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core Ultra 5 134U is 0.70 GHz (4.40 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 Ultra 5 134U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
12 Cores 8
14 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
0.70 GHz (4.40 GHz)
2x Redwood Cove
A-Core 2.20 GHz
8x Kryo 460 Gold
0.50 GHz (3.60 GHz)
8x Crestmont
B-Core 1.80 GHz
6x Kryo 460 Silver
0.40 GHz (2.10 GHz)
2x Crestmont
C-Core --

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 Ultra 5 134U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
Intel AI engine AI hardware --
Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core Ultra 5 134U 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 Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU Qualcomm Adreno 619
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.95 GHz
1.75 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation 6
5 nm Technology 8 nm
4 Max. displays 2
64 Compute units --
512 Shader 128
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
12.2 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 Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) 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 Codec VP9 Decode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core Ultra 5 134U can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 102.4 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 Ultra 5 134U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
LPDDR5-6400 Memory LPDDR4X-4266
64 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 17.0 GB/s
No ECC No
12.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
12 PCIe lanes --
23.6 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core Ultra 5 134U is 9 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 Ultra 5 134U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
9 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
30 W TDP (PL2) --
15 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
110 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core Ultra 5 134U is manufactured in 7 nm and has 12.00 MB cache. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G is manufactured in 8 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Core Ultra 5 134U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
7 nm Technology 8 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 2551 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2024 Release date Q4/2021
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core Ultra 5 134U (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G (43%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core Ultra 5 134U (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G (23%)

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 Ultra 5 134U Intel Core Ultra 5 134U
12C 14T @ 4.40 GHz
2095 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
892 (43%)

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 Ultra 5 134U Intel Core Ultra 5 134U
12C 14T @ 0.70 GHz
8614 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
2011 (23%)

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 Ultra 5 134U Intel Core Ultra 5 134U
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 1.75 GHz
1735 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
Qualcomm Adreno 619 @ 0.95 GHz
536 (31%)

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 Ultra 5 134U Intel Core Ultra 5 134U
12C 14T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
541 (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 Ultra 5 134U Intel Core Ultra 5 134U
12C 14T @ 0.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1695 (100%)

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 Ultra 5 134U Intel Core Ultra 5 134U
12C 14T @ 0.70 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 Ultra 5 134U Intel Core Ultra 5 134U
12C 14T @ 0.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
273594 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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