Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite vs Intel Xeon Silver 4216

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Intel Xeon Silver 4216

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite or Intel Xeon Silver 4216 - 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 Xeon Silver 4216 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4216 was released in Q2/2019.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Xeon Silver (32)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (3) CPU group Intel Xeon Silver 4200 (11)
3 Generation 2
Kryo Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Xeon Silver 4116
-- 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 Xeon Silver 4216 has 16 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Silver 4216 is at 2.10 GHz (3.20 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4216
4 Cores 16
4 Threads 32
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz
2x Kryo
A-Core 2.10 GHz (3.20 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 Xeon Silver 4216
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite or Intel Xeon Silver 4216 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 no iGPU
0.51 GHz GPU frequency --
0.51 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
5 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
0 Max. displays
-- Compute units --
256 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11,1 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 530 GPU no iGPU
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

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 Xeon Silver 4216 supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 115.2 GB/s.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4216
LPDDR4-1333 Memory DDR4-2400
8 GB Max. Memory 1024 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
10.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 22.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite is --, while the Intel Xeon Silver 4216 has a TDP of 100 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4216
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 100 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 Xeon Silver 4216 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 22.00 MB cache.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4216
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, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 3647
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2016 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 1008 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite (37%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite (7%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 (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 (37%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
914 (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 (7%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz
12286 (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 820 Lite Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
1170 (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 Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz
20629 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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