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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 vs Intel Core i3-550

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 30 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-550
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 37 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-550
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
4C / 4T · 1.70 GHz
148
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
489
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
4C / 4T · 1.70 GHz
429
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
1,170

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At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Intel Core i3-550
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 600 (1)Intel Core i3 500 (4)
ArchitectureKraitClarkdale
Technology28 nm32 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletDesktop
SocketLGA 1156
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Intel Core i3-550
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x Krait 2x
Frequency: 1.70 GHz 3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache0.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Intel Core i3-550
GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 320Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency0.55 - 0.55 GHz0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader / 1612 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays02
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology28 nm32 nm
Release dateQ1/2012Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Intel Core i3-550
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon QDSP6
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Intel Core i3-550
MemoryLPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Intel Core i3-550
TDP73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600Intel Core i3-550
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setArmv7-A (32 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ1/2013Q2/2010
Release price117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
4C / 4T · 1.70 GHz
Intel Core i3-550
Intel Core i3-550
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
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