Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 or Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M - 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 617 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 was released in Q4/2015.

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M has 28 cores with 56 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1536 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M was released in Q3/2017.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Xeon Platinum (89)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 (16)
2 Generation 1
Cortex-A53 Architecture Skylake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M has 28 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.80 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
8 Cores 28
8 Threads 56
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 2.50 GHz (3.80 GHz)
1.20 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core --

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 617 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon 546 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 no iGPU
0.55 GHz GPU frequency --
0.55 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
4 GPU Generation --
28 nm Technology
0 Max. displays
-- Compute units --
48 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 405 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 617 supports a maximum of 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M can connect up to 1536 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
LPDDR3-1866 Memory DDR4-2666
4 GB Max. Memory 1536 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
7.5 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 39.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M is 205 W.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 205 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M cache has a total of 39.00 MB.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
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, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 3647
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2015 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 13000 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 (26%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 (5%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M (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 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
287 (27%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
28C 56T @ 3.80 GHz
1063 (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 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
1176 (5%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
28C 56T @ 2.80 GHz
21854 (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 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
301 (24%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
28C 56T @ 3.80 GHz
1254 (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 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
867 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
28C 56T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

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 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
Qualcomm Adreno 405 @ 0.55 GHz
53 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
893 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
28C 56T @ 2.80 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 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
28C 56T @ 3.80 GHz
165 (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 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
28C 56T @ 2.80 GHz
4355 (100%)

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