Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 115U

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core Ultra 5 115U
Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 Intel Core Ultra 5 115U

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 and the Intel Core Ultra 5 115U and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 2 core processor released in 2014 with the Intel Core Ultra 5 115U which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2023.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Core Ultra 5 (10)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 205-212 (4) CPU group Intel Core Ultra 100U (7)
2 Generation 1
Cortex-A7 Architecture Meteor Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.10 GHz. The processor can compute 2 threads at the same time. The Intel Core Ultra 5 115U clocks with 1.50 GHz (4.20 GHz), has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 10 threads in parallel.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 115U
2 Cores 8
2 Threads 10
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.10 GHz
2x Cortex-A7		 A-Core 1.50 GHz (4.20 GHz)
2x Redwood Cove
-- B-Core 1.00 GHz (3.50 GHz)
4x Crestmont
-- C-Core 0.70 GHz (2.10 GHz)
2x Crestmont

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 115U
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware Intel AI engine
Hexagon QDSP6 AI specifications Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT)

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.
Qualcomm Adreno 304 GPU Intel Iris Xe 3 Core Graphics 48 EUs (Meteor Lake)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
0.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.80 GHz
3 GPU Generation --
28 nm Technology 5 nm
0 Max. displays 4
-- Compute units 48
24 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
11 DirectX Version 12.2

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.
Qualcomm Adreno 304 GPU Intel Iris Xe 3 Core Graphics 48 EUs (Meteor Lake)
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 4 GB of memory in a maximum of 1 memory channels is supported by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 208, while the Intel Core Ultra 5 115U supports a maximum of 96 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 120.0 GB/s enabled.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 115U
LPDDR3-800, LPDDR2-800 Memory LPDDR5-7500, DDR5-5600
4 GB Max. Memory 96 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
3.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 10.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Core Ultra 5 115U is 15 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 115U
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) 57 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 12 W
-- Tjunction max. 110 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Intel Core Ultra 5 115U is at 10.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 7 nm.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 5 115U
28 nm Technology 7 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket BGA 2049
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 11, Linux
2014 Release date Q4/2023
-- Release price --
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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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 Qualcomm Snapdragon 208
Qualcomm Adreno 304 @ 0.40 GHz
19 (1%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 115U Intel Core Ultra 5 115U
Intel Iris Xe 3 Core Graphics 48 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 1.80 GHz
1340 (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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 Qualcomm Snapdragon 208
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 115U Intel Core Ultra 5 115U
8C 10T @ 4.20 GHz
1612 (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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 Qualcomm Snapdragon 208
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 115U Intel Core Ultra 5 115U
8C 10T @ 1.50 GHz
5965 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 Intel Core Ultra 5 115U
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