Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs Intel Core i7-10700

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-10700
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Intel Core i7-10700

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 or Intel Core i7-10700 - 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 855 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.84 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 was released in Q4/2018.

The Intel Core i7-10700 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-10700 was released in Q2/2020.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Core i7 (293)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3) CPU group Intel Core i 10000 (43)
6 Generation 10
Kryo 485 Architecture Comet Lake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Predecessor Intel Core i7-9700
-- Successor Intel Core i7-11700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.84 GHz. The Intel Core i7-10700 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.90 GHz (4.80 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Characteristic Intel Core i7-10700
8 Cores 8
8 Threads 16
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.84 GHz
1x Kryo 485 Prime
A-Core 2.90 GHz (4.80 GHz)
2.42 GHz
3x Kryo 485 Gold
B-Core --
1.80 GHz
4x Kryo 485 Silver
C-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 855 Characteristic Intel Core i7-10700
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS 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 640 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.25 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.59 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.20 GHz
5 GPU Generation 9.5
7 nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 24
384 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
12.0 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 640 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode 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 855 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-10700 can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Characteristic Intel Core i7-10700
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory DDR4-2933
16 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 45.8 GB/s
No ECC No
1.75 MB L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Core i7-10700 is 65 W.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Characteristic Intel Core i7-10700
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 has a 3.75 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-10700 cache has a total of 16.00 MB.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Characteristic Intel Core i7-10700
7 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 LGA 1200
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2018 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price 323 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
724 (57%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1267 (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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
2578 (29%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
8945 (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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
960 (60%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1597 (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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
2819 (36%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
7926 (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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Qualcomm Adreno 640 @ 0.59 GHz
899 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz
461 (51%)

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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
4527 (27%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
16780 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1255 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
12250 (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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
499 (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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
4834 (100%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
432560 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
180 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
536 (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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz
5353 (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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
214 (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 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
2291 (100%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

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. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
7 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Intel Core i7-10700
OnePlus 7 Pro
OnePlus 7 Pro 5G
Sony Xperia 1
Sony Xperia 5
Xiaomi Mi 9
Oppo Reno 10x Zoom
Unknown

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