Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c vs Intel Core i3-10100

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-10100
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Intel Core i3-10100

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c or Intel Core i3-10100 - 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 7c has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c was released in 2020.

The Intel Core i3-10100 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-10100 was released in Q2/2020.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Core i3 (202)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c (2) CPU group Intel Core i 10000 (43)
2 Generation 10
Kryo 468 Architecture Comet Lake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Core i3-9100
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz. The Intel Core i3-10100 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz (4.30 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Characteristic Intel Core i3-10100
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz
2x Kryo 468 Gold
A-Core 3.60 GHz (4.30 GHz)
2.40 GHz
6x Kryo 468 Silver
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 7c Characteristic Intel Core i3-10100
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon 692 @ 5 TOPS 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 618 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.70 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
6 GPU Generation 9.5
14 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 24
128 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 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 618 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode 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 7c supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-10100 can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Characteristic Intel Core i3-10100
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory DDR4-2666
8 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
17.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 6.00 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 7c has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Core i3-10100 is 65 W.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Characteristic Intel Core i3-10100
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i3-10100 cache has a total of 6.00 MB.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Characteristic Intel Core i3-10100
8 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
-- Socket LGA 1200
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
2020 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price 134 $
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 3.5 stars (2 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the Intel Core i3-10100 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 2.9 stars (7 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
524 (46%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
1135 (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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1559 (36%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
4365 (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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Qualcomm Adreno 618 @ 0.70 GHz
358 (85%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
64 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
295 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
1141 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
5612 (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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
1446 (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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
4769 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
448 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
2284 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
88 (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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
8722 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
462 (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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
2415 (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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
191 (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 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1001 (100%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

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. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
5 (100%)
Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Intel Core i3-10100
HP Chromebook x2 11
Acer Aspire 1 A114-61
Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Intel Core i7-7700Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Core i7-7700 vs Intel Core i3-10100
2. Intel Core i3-10100Intel Core i3-10105 Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i3-10105
3. AMD Ryzen 3 3200GIntel Core i3-10100 AMD Ryzen 3 3200G vs Intel Core i3-10100
4. Intel Core i3-10100Intel Core i5-10400 Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i5-10400
5. Qualcomm Snapdragon 7cIntel Core i5-10210U Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c vs Intel Core i5-10210U
6. Intel Core i3-10100AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Intel Core i3-10100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
7. Intel Processor N100Intel Core i3-10100 Intel Processor N100 vs Intel Core i3-10100
8. AMD Ryzen 3 3100Intel Core i3-10100 AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i3-10100
9. Intel Core i3-10100Intel Core i3-10100F Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i3-10100F
10. Qualcomm Snapdragon 7cIntel Celeron N4020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c vs Intel Celeron N4020


back to index