Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 vs Intel Celeron N4020

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron N4020
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Intel Celeron N4020

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 or Intel Celeron N4020 - 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 7 Gen 3 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.63 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 was released in Q4/2023.

The Intel Celeron N4020 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N4020 was released in Q4/2019.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (1) CPU group Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 (11)
3 Generation 9
Kryo Prime, Gold, Silver Architecture Gemini Lake
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 is 2.63 GHz while the Intel Celeron N4020 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron N4020 is at 1.10 GHz (2.80 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Characteristic Intel Celeron N4020
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.63 GHz
1x Cortex-A715
A-Core 1.10 GHz (2.80 GHz)
2.40 GHz
3x Cortex-A715
B-Core --
1.80 GHz
4x Cortex-A510
C-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 7 Gen 3 Characteristic Intel Celeron N4020
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 or Intel Celeron N4020 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Qualcomm Adreno 720 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 600
0.44 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
0.44 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.65 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
4 nm Technology 14 nm
0 Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12.1 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 720 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 600
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Celeron N4020 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Characteristic Intel Celeron N4020
LPDDR4X-4266, LPDDR5-6400 Memory LPDDR4-2400, DDR4-2400
Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 6
-- PCIe Bandwidth 3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 is --, while the Intel Celeron N4020 has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Characteristic Intel Celeron N4020
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 4.8 W
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 is manufactured in 4 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron N4020 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Characteristic Intel Celeron N4020
4 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv9-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1090
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android, Windows 10/11 (ARM) Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2023 Release date Q4/2019
-- Release price --
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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 7 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.63 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
486 (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 7 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.63 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
896 (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 7 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.63 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
402 (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 7 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.63 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
722 (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 7 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Qualcomm Adreno 720 @ 0.44 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
Intel UHD Graphics 600 @ 0.65 GHz
125 (100%)

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 10 benchmark is one of the best-known benchmarks for mobile processors, which is now available in version 10. There is a version for Android-based smartphones and tablets, as well as a version for Apple mobile devices, i.e. iPhones and iPads.

The Antutu 10 benchmark has 3 phases. In the first phase, the device's RAM is tested, in phase 2 the graphics are tested and in the final phase the entire device is pushed to its performance limits by rendering 3D graphics.

Antutu 10 is therefore ideal for comparing the performance of different devices.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.63 GHz
769286 (100%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 1.10 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 7 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.63 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
1567 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.63 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
411 (100%)

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 7 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.63 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
75 (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 7 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
8C 8T @ 2.63 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
144 (100%)

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