Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 vs Intel Core i5-3380M

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-3380M
Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 Intel Core i5-3380M

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 or Intel Core i5-3380M - 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 610 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 was released in Q3/2014.

The Intel Core i5-3380M has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-3380M was released in Q1/2013.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 (4) CPU group Intel Core i 3000M (29)
2 Generation 3
Cortex-A53 Architecture Ivy Bridge H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.70 GHz. The Intel Core i5-3380M has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.90 GHz (3.60 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 Characteristic Intel Core i5-3380M
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.70 GHz Frequency 2.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 610 Characteristic Intel Core i5-3380M
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon V50 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 405 GPU Intel HD Graphics 4000
0.55 GHz GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
0.55 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.25 GHz
4 GPU Generation 7
28 nm Technology 22 nm
0 Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 16
48 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 DirectX Version 11.0

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 HD Graphics 4000
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 supports a maximum of 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-3380M can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 Characteristic Intel Core i5-3380M
LPDDR3-1600 Memory DDR3-1600
4 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
6.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 3.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Core i5-3380M is 35 W.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 Characteristic Intel Core i5-3380M
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-3380M cache has a total of 3.00 MB.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 Characteristic Intel Core i5-3380M
28 nm Technology 22 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
-- Socket BGA 1023
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2014 Release date Q1/2013
-- Release price 269 $
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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 610 Qualcomm Snapdragon 610
Qualcomm Adreno 405 @ 0.55 GHz
53 (17%)
Intel Core i5-3380M Intel Core i5-3380M
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.25 GHz
320 (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 610 Qualcomm Snapdragon 610
4C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-3380M Intel Core i5-3380M
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
750 (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 610 Qualcomm Snapdragon 610
4C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-3380M Intel Core i5-3380M
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1556 (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 610 Qualcomm Snapdragon 610
4C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-3380M Intel Core i5-3380M
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
632 (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 610 Qualcomm Snapdragon 610
4C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-3380M Intel Core i5-3380M
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1295 (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 610 Qualcomm Snapdragon 610
4C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-3380M Intel Core i5-3380M
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
2932 (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 610 Qualcomm Snapdragon 610
4C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-3380M Intel Core i5-3380M
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
277 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 Intel Core i5-3380M
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