Intel Pentium J6426 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3

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Intel Pentium J6426 CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
Intel Pentium J6426 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium J6426 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 - 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 Pentium J6426 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Pentium J6426 was released in Q1/2021.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 was released in Q1/2022.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (104)
Intel Pentium N6200/J6400/N6400 (3) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Plus (1)
11 Generation 3
Elkhart Lake Architecture Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium J6426 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.00 GHz). The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz (3.00 GHz) A-Core 2.40 GHz
4x Cortex-A78
-- B-Core 1.50 GHz
4x 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 Pentium J6426 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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.

Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) GPU Qualcomm Adreno 642L
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.70 GHz
0.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
11 GPU Generation 5
10 nm Technology 6 nm
3 Max. displays 1
32 Compute units 4
256 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
12 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 UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) GPU Qualcomm Adreno 642L
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
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium J6426 supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
LPDDR4X-3200, LPDDR4-3200, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR4X-4266
32 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC No
1.50 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
8 PCIe lanes --
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium J6426 has a TDP of 10 W, that of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 is --.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium J6426 has a 1.50 MB cache, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
10 nm Technology 6 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1493 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Operating systems Android
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2022
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium J6426 (75%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium J6426 (75%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 (57%)

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 Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
665 (99%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
675 (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 Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1880 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
268 (14%)

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 Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
525 (51%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1025 (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 Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1245 (50%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
2476 (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 Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) @ 0.85 GHz
456 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
Qualcomm Adreno 642L @ 0.70 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 Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
4150 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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