Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 vs Intel Core i7-1160G7

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-1160G7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Intel Core i7-1160G7

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 or Intel Core i7-1160G7 - 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 427 has 4 cores with 4 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 427 was released in Q1/2017.

The Intel Core i7-1160G7 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-1160G7 was released in Q3/2020.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425/427 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 1100G/11000U (19)
3 Generation 11
Cortex-A53 Architecture Tiger Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz. The Intel Core i7-1160G7 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz (4.40 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic Intel Core i7-1160G7
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.40 GHz Frequency 2.10 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 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 427 Characteristic Intel Core i7-1160G7
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon 536 AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

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.

Qualcomm Adreno 308 GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake)
0.50 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
0.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
3 GPU Generation 12
28 nm Technology 10 nm
0 Max. displays 4
-- Compute units 96
24 Shader 768
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 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 308 GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger 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 / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 supports a maximum of 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-1160G7 can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic Intel Core i7-1160G7
LPDDR3-1333 Memory LPDDR4X-4266
4 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
5.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 68.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 5.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 12.00 MB
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 4
-- PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Core i7-1160G7 is 15 W.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic Intel Core i7-1160G7
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 7 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-1160G7 cache has a total of 17.00 MB.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic Intel Core i7-1160G7
28 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
-- Socket BGA 1526
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2017 Release date Q3/2020
-- Release price 426 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 (8%)
Intel Core i7-1160G7 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 (7%)
Intel Core i7-1160G7 (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 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
116 (8%)
Intel Core i7-1160G7 Intel Core i7-1160G7
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
1475 (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 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
376 (8%)
Intel Core i7-1160G7 Intel Core i7-1160G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
4546 (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 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
Qualcomm Adreno 308 @ 0.50 GHz
24 (1%)
Intel Core i7-1160G7 Intel Core i7-1160G7
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake) @ 1.10 GHz
1687 (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 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
437 (5%)
Intel Core i7-1160G7 Intel Core i7-1160G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
9203 (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 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-1160G7 Intel Core i7-1160G7
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
1440 (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 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-1160G7 Intel Core i7-1160G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
5340 (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 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-1160G7 Intel Core i7-1160G7
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
1758 (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 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-1160G7 Intel Core i7-1160G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
4949 (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 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-1160G7 Intel Core i7-1160G7
4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
1954 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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