Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 vs Intel Core i9-12900F Benchmark, comparison and differences


Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2		Intel Core i9-12900F
CPU comparison In this CPU comparison, we compare the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 and the Intel Core i9-12900F and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster. We compare the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 8 core processor released in Q2/2021 with the Intel Core i9-12900F which has 16 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2022.

Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)	Family	Intel Core i9 (78)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c (2)	CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
2	Generation	12
Kryo 468	Architecture	Alder Lake S
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c	Predecessor	Intel Core i9-11900F
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3	Successor	Intel Core i9-13900F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.55 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i9-12900F clocks with 2.40 GHz (5.10 GHz), has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900F
8	Cores	16
8	Threads	24
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.55 GHz 2x Kryo 468 Gold	A-Core	2.40 GHz (5.10 GHz) 8x Golden Cove
2.55 GHz 6x Kryo 468 Silver	B-Core	1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz) 8x Gracemont
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 Gen 2	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900F
Qualcomm AI engine	AI hardware	--
Hexagon 692 @ 5 TOPS	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics 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 618	GPU	no iGPU
0.70 GHz	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
6	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology
2	Max. displays
--	Compute units	--
128	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
4 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12.1	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 618	GPU	no iGPU
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode	Codec VP9	No
Decode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe Up to 16 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2, while the Intel Core i9-12900F supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 76.8 GB/s enabled.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900F
LPDDR4X-4266	Memory	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
16 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
17.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	14.00 MB
--	L3 Cache	30.00 MB
--	PCIe version	5.0
--	PCIe lanes	20
--	PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-12900F is 65 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900F
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	202 W
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 8 nm. The cache of Intel Core i9-12900F is at 44.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900F
8 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, AVX2+
--	Socket	LGA 1700
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2021	Release date	Q1/2022
--	Release price	464 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 (28%)

Intel Core i9-12900F (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 (11%)

Intel Core i9-12900F (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 7c Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	553 (28%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	1968 (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 Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	1629 (10%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	15712 (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 Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	4557 (12%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	36739 (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 Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	1988 (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 Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	26455 (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 Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	2637 (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 Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	15367 (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 Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	764 (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 Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	10097 (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 Gen 2 Qualcomm Adreno 618 @ 0.70 GHz	358 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F @ 0.00 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 7c Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	287 (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 Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	3911 (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 Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	5 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)

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CPU comparison with benchmarks

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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Internal Graphics

Hardware codec support

Memory & PCIe

Thermal Management

Technical details