Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 vs Intel Core i9-12900KS
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CPU comparison with benchmarks
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 | Intel Core i9-12900KS | |
CPU comparisonIn this CPU comparison, we compare the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 and the Intel Core i9-12900KS 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 i9-12900KS which has 16 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2022. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon (104) | 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 | -- |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 | Successor | Intel Core i9-13900KS |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe 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 i9-12900KS clocks with 3.40 GHz (5.50 GHz), has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 | Characteristic | Intel Core i9-12900KS |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 8 | Threads | 24 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | Yes |
| 2.55 GHz 2x Kryo 468 Gold |
A-Core | 3.40 GHz (5.50 GHz) 8x Golden Cove |
| 2.55 GHz 6x Kryo 468 Silver |
B-Core | 2.50 GHz (4.00 GHz) 8x Gracemont |
NPU AI performanceThe 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. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 | Characteristic | Intel Core i9-12900KS |
| Qualcomm AI engine | AI hardware | -- |
| Hexagon 692 @ 5 TOPS | 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. |
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| Qualcomm Adreno 618 | GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
| 0.70 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.30 GHz |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | 1.55 GHz |
| 6 | GPU Generation | 11 |
| 14 nm | Technology | 10 nm |
| 2 | Max. displays | 3 |
| -- | Compute units | 32 |
| 128 | Shader | 256 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 4 GB | Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB |
| 12.1 | DirectX Version | 12 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| Qualcomm Adreno 618 | GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
| 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 | Decode |
| Decode | Codec AVC | Decode / Encode |
| Decode | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeUp 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 i9-12900KS supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 76.8 GB/s enabled. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 | Characteristic | Intel Core i9-12900KS |
| 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 | Yes |
| -- | L2 Cache | 14.00 MB |
| -- | L3 Cache | 30.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | 5.0 |
| -- | PCIe lanes | 20 |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | 78.8 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-12900KS is 150 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 | Characteristic | Intel Core i9-12900KS |
| -- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 150 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | 241 W |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | 90 °C |
Technical detailsThe Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 8 nm. The cache of Intel Core i9-12900KS is at 44.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 | Characteristic | Intel Core i9-12900KS |
| 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 | Q2/2022 |
| -- | Release price | 749 $ |
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Average performance in benchmarks
⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.50 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
Qualcomm Adreno 618 @ 0.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.50 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.50 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.50 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.50 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
27,796 CB R23 MC @ 241 W |
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AI performance (NPU)
The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.
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).
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).
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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