Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite vs Intel Core i7-5500U

Last updated: 2023-11-08

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite		Intel Core i7-5500U
CPU comparison Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite or Intel Core i7-5500U - 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 820 Lite has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite was released in Q1/2016. The Intel Core i7-5500U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-5500U was released in Q1/2015.

Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)	Family	Intel Core i7 (298)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (3)	CPU group	Intel Core i 5000U (16)
3	Generation	5
Kryo	Architecture	Broadwell U
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	Intel Core i7-4500U
--	Successor	Intel Core i7-6500U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite is 1.80 GHz while the Intel Core i7-5500U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-5500U is at 2.40 GHz (3.00 GHz).
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-5500U
4	Cores	2
4	Threads	4
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.80 GHz 2x Kryo	A-Core	2.40 GHz (3.00 GHz)
1.36 GHz 2x Kryo	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 820 Lite	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-5500U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite or Intel Core i7-5500U 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 530	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 5500
0.51 GHz	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
0.51 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	0.95 GHz
5	GPU Generation	8
14 nm	Technology	14 nm
0	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	24
256	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	16 GB
11,1	DirectX Version	11.2

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 530	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 5500
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VP9	No
Decode	Codec VP8	Decode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite can use up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 10.7 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-5500U supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-5500U
LPDDR4-1333	Memory	DDR3-1600
8 GB	Max. Memory	16 GB
4 (Quad Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
10.7 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
--	PCIe version	2.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	6.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite is --, while the Intel Core i7-5500U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-5500U
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite is manufactured in 14 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-5500U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-5500U
14 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 1168
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2016	Release date	Q1/2015
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite (49%)

Intel Core i7-5500U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite (50%)

Intel Core i7-5500U (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 820 Lite 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	335 (49%)
	Intel Core i7-5500U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	681 (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 820 Lite 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	864 (50%)
	Intel Core i7-5500U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1737 (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 820 Lite Qualcomm Adreno 530 @ 0.51 GHz	407 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-5500U Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.95 GHz	365 (90%)

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 820 Lite 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-5500U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	956 (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 820 Lite 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-5500U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1933 (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 820 Lite 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-5500U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	2762 (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 820 Lite 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-5500U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	860 (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 820 Lite 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-5500U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	123 (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 820 Lite 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-5500U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	307 (100%)

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