Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 vs Intel Xeon D-1521

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon D-1521
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 Intel Xeon D-1521

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 or Intel Xeon D-1521 - 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 810 v2 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 was released in 2015.

The Intel Xeon D-1521 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon D-1521 was released in Q4/2015.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Xeon D (79)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 808/810 (3) CPU group Intel Xeon D-1500 (22)
2 Generation 1
Cortex-A57 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Broadwell
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz. The Intel Xeon D-1521 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (2.70 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 Characteristic Intel Xeon D-1521
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A57
A-Core 2.40 GHz (2.70 GHz)
1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
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 810 v2 Characteristic Intel Xeon D-1521
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon QDSP V56 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 430 GPU no iGPU
0.63 GHz GPU frequency --
0.63 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
4 GPU Generation --
20 nm Technology
0 Max. displays
-- Compute units --
256 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 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 430 GPU no iGPU
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon D-1521 can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 Characteristic Intel Xeon D-1521
LPDDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-2133
8 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.5 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 6.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 32
-- PCIe Bandwidth 31.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Xeon D-1521 is 45 W.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 Characteristic Intel Xeon D-1521
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon D-1521 cache has a total of 6.00 MB.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 Characteristic Intel Xeon D-1521
20 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 BGA 1667
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
2015 Release date Q4/2015
-- Release price 216 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 (36%)
Intel Xeon D-1521 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 (22%)
Intel Xeon D-1521 (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 810 v2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
269 (36%)
Intel Xeon D-1521 Intel Xeon D-1521
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
748 (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 810 v2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
847 (27%)
Intel Xeon D-1521 Intel Xeon D-1521
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
3163 (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 810 v2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
921 (16%)
Intel Xeon D-1521 Intel Xeon D-1521
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
5894 (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 810 v2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon D-1521 Intel Xeon D-1521
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
912 (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 810 v2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon D-1521 Intel Xeon D-1521
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
3327 (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 810 v2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
Qualcomm Adreno 430 @ 0.63 GHz
408 (100%)
Intel Xeon D-1521 Intel Xeon D-1521
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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