Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 vs Intel Celeron 7300

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 7300
Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 Intel Celeron 7300

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 and the Intel Celeron 7300 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 8 core processor released in Q4/2016 with the Intel Celeron 7300 which has 5 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2022.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (104) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625/626 (2) CPU group Intel Celeron 7000 (3)
3 Generation 12
Cortex-A53 Architecture Alder Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Intel Celeron 7300 clocks with 1.00 GHz, has 5 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 Characteristic Intel Celeron 7300
8 Cores 5
8 Threads 6
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz
8x Cortex-A53
A-Core 1.00 GHz
1x Golden Cove
-- B-Core 0.70 GHz
4x Gracemont

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 626 Characteristic Intel Celeron 7300
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon 546 AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Qualcomm Adreno 506 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)
0.65 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
0.65 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.80 GHz
5 GPU Generation 12
14 nm Technology 10 nm
0 Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 48
96 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 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 506 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)
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

Up to 4 GB of memory in a maximum of 1 memory channels is supported by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 626, while the Intel Celeron 7300 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s enabled.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 Characteristic Intel Celeron 7300
LPDDR3-1866 Memory LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
4 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
7.5 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 3.25 MB
-- L3 Cache 8.00 MB
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 14
-- PCIe Bandwidth 27.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Celeron 7300 is 9 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 Characteristic Intel Celeron 7300
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 9 W
-- TDP (PL2) 29 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of Intel Celeron 7300 is at 11.25 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 Characteristic Intel Celeron 7300
14 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
-- Socket BGA 1744
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems
Q4/2016 Release date Q1/2022
-- Release price --
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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 626 Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
Qualcomm Adreno 506 @ 0.65 GHz
125 (20%)
Intel Celeron 7300 Intel Celeron 7300
Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) @ 0.80 GHz
614 (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 626 Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
273 (100%)
Intel Celeron 7300 Intel Celeron 7300
5C 6T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 626 Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1181 (100%)
Intel Celeron 7300 Intel Celeron 7300
5C 6T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 626 Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
208 (100%)
Intel Celeron 7300 Intel Celeron 7300
5C 6T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 626 Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
910 (100%)
Intel Celeron 7300 Intel Celeron 7300
5C 6T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 Intel Celeron 7300
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