Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite vs Intel Pentium G3240T

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium G3240T
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Intel Pentium G3240T

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite or Intel Pentium G3240T - 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 Pentium G3240T has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G3240T was released in Q2/2014.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (3) CPU group Intel Pentium G3000 (14)
3 Generation 5
Kryo Architecture Haswell S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

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 Pentium G3240T has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium G3240T is at 2.70 GHz.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Characteristic Intel Pentium G3240T
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz
2x Kryo		 A-Core 2.70 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 Pentium G3240T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite or Intel Pentium G3240T 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 (Haswell GT1)
0.51 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
0.51 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
5 GPU Generation 7.5
14 nm Technology 22 nm
0 Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 10
256 Shader 80
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11,1 DirectX Version 11.1

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 (Haswell GT1)
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 No
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 Pentium G3240T supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Characteristic Intel Pentium G3240T
LPDDR4-1333 Memory DDR3-1333
8 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
10.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 3.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite is --, while the Intel Pentium G3240T has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Characteristic Intel Pentium G3240T
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 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 Pentium G3240T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Characteristic Intel Pentium G3240T
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
-- Socket LGA 1150
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2016 Release date Q2/2014
-- Release price 54 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite (56%)
Intel Pentium G3240T (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite (76%)
Intel Pentium G3240T (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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
335 (56%)
Intel Pentium G3240T Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
600 (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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
864 (76%)
Intel Pentium G3240T Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
1136 (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 Snapdragon 820 Lite
Qualcomm Adreno 530 @ 0.51 GHz
407 (100%)
Intel Pentium G3240T Intel Pentium G3240T
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
176 (43%)

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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G3240T Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
502 (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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G3240T Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
892 (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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G3240T Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
1749 (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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G3240T Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
109 (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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G3240T Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
211 (100%)

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