Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 vs Intel Core i3-9100

Last updated: 2023-11-14

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon 415		Intel Core i3-9100
CPU comparison Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 or Intel Core i3-9100 - 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 was released in Q1/2015. The Intel Core i3-9100 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-9100 was released in Q2/2019.

Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)	Family	Intel Core i3 (205)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (4)	CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)
2	Generation	9
Cortex-A53	Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Core i3-8100
--	Successor	Intel Core i3-10100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 is 1.40 GHz while the Intel Core i3-9100 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-9100 is at 3.60 GHz (4.20 GHz).
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-9100
8	Cores	4
8	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.40 GHz	Frequency	3.60 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.20 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.80 GHz

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 415	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-9100
Qualcomm AI engine	AI hardware	--
Hexagon V50	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 or Intel Core i3-9100 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.
Qualcomm Adreno 405	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.55 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
0.55 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.10 GHz
4	GPU Generation	9.5
28 nm	Technology	14 nm
0	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	24
48	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
11	DirectX Version	12

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 405	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
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 / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 can use up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 5.4 GB/s. The Intel Core i3-9100 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-9100
LPDDR3-1333	Memory	DDR4-2400
4 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
1 (Single Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
5.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	6.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	16
--	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 is --, while the Intel Core i3-9100 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-9100
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-9100 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-9100
28 nm	Technology	14 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
--	Socket	LGA 1151
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2015	Release date	Q2/2019
--	Release price	122 $

show more data		show more data

Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz buy now on Amazon and save! Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz (4.20 GHz) buy now on Amazon and save!

Rate these processors

Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 (9%)

Intel Core i3-9100 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 (10%)

Intel Core i3-9100 (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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	100 (9%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1069 (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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	329 (10%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	3249 (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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 Qualcomm Adreno 405 @ 0.55 GHz	53 (13%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	66 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	250 (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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1072 (100%)

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	3921 (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 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1394 (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 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	3824 (100%)

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	445 (100%)

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1630 (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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	6685 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	634 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1751 (100%)

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	660 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415	Intel Core i3-9100
Unknown	Dell OptiPlex 3070 mit Intel Core i3-9100 Lenovo IdeaCentre mit Intel Core i3-9100

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs


1.		Intel Core i3-9100F vs Intel Core i3-9100
2.		Intel Core i3-9100 vs Intel Celeron J4125
3.		Intel Core i3-8100 vs Intel Core i3-9100
4.		AMD Ryzen 3 3200G vs Intel Core i3-9100
5.		AMD Athlon 3000G vs Intel Core i3-9100
6.		Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i3-9100
7.		Intel Core i3-9100 vs Intel Core i5-6500
8.		Intel Core i5-9400 vs Intel Core i3-9100
9.		AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i3-9100
10.		Intel Core i3-9100 vs Intel Core i5-8400