Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 or Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 - 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 Xeon E5-2697A v4 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 was released in Q1/2016.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (104) Family Intel Xeon E5 (71)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425/427 (2) CPU group Intel Xeon E5 v4 (24)
3 Generation 6
Cortex-A53 Architecture Broadwell E
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
-- 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 Xeon E5-2697A v4 has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (3.60 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
4 Cores 16
4 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.40 GHz Frequency 2.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.80 GHz

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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon 536 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.

Qualcomm Adreno 308 GPU no iGPU
0.50 GHz GPU frequency --
0.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
3 GPU Generation --
28 nm Technology
0 Max. displays
-- Compute units --
24 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 DirectX Version --

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 no iGPU
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 supports a maximum of 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 can connect up to 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
LPDDR3-1333 Memory DDR4-2400
4 GB Max. Memory 1536 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
5.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 40.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 40
-- PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 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 Xeon E5-2697A v4 is 145 W.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 145 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 cache has a total of 40.00 MB.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
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 2011-3
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2017 Release date Q1/2016
-- Release price 2890 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 (12%)
Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 (3%)
Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 (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 (12%)
Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
971 (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 (3%)
Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz
10762 (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 (2%)
Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz
21696 (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 Xeon E5-2697A v4 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
1027 (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 Xeon E5-2697A v4 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz
8068 (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 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-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 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 Xeon E5-2697A v4 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
150 (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 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz
2381 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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