Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 vs Intel Core m3-8100Y

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core m3-8100Y
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Intel Core m3-8100Y

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 or Intel Core m3-8100Y - 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 800 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.45 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 was released in Q2/2013.

The Intel Core m3-8100Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core m3-8100Y was released in Q3/2018.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (104) Family Intel Core i3 (205)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800/801 (2) CPU group Intel Core M 8 (1)
2 Generation 8
Krait 400 Architecture Amber Lake Y
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 is 2.45 GHz while the Intel Core m3-8100Y has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core m3-8100Y is at 1.10 GHz (3.40 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Characteristic Intel Core m3-8100Y
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.45 GHz Frequency 1.10 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 800 Characteristic Intel Core m3-8100Y
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon QDSP6 V5 AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 or Intel Core m3-8100Y 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 330 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 615
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
3 GPU Generation 9.5
28 nm Technology 14 nm
0 Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 24
32 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
-- 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 330 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 615
No 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 / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 14.9 GB/s. The Intel Core m3-8100Y supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 29.9 GB/s.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Characteristic Intel Core m3-8100Y
LPDDR3-1866 Memory LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
8 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
14.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 10
-- PCIe Bandwidth 9.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 is --, while the Intel Core m3-8100Y has a TDP of 5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Characteristic Intel Core m3-8100Y
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 8 W
-- TDP down 4.5 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Core m3-8100Y is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Characteristic Intel Core m3-8100Y
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket BGA 1515
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems
Q2/2013 Release date Q3/2018
-- Release price 281 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (21%)
Intel Core m3-8100Y (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (35%)
Intel Core m3-8100Y (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 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz
159 (21%)
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
763 (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 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz
501 (35%)
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
1429 (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 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1028 (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 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
1740 (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 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
231 (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 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
412 (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 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
Qualcomm Adreno 330 @ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
Intel UHD Graphics 615 @ 0.90 GHz
346 (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 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
2916 (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 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
93 (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 800 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C 4T @ 2.45 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
176 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Intel Core m3-8100Y
Unknown GPD P2 Max Windows 10 Ultrabook
GPD P2 MAX Ultra Mobiler Mini PC Laptop 8.9 Zoll
Laptop ONE-Netbook OneMix 3s
ASUS Chromebook Flip C434TA-AI0108

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