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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs Intel Core 5 processor 120U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
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Intel Core 5 processor 120U
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 26 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core 5 processor 120U
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Qualcomm Adreno 640
899
Intel Core 5 processor 120U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
1,549

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At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855Intel Core 5 processor 120U
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Intel Core 5 (13)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3)Intel Core processors - Mobile (Series 1) (3)
ArchitectureKryo 485Raptor Lake U
Technology7 nm10 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
SocketBGA 1744
PredecessorQualcomm Snapdragon 845
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 810 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 1x Kryo 485 Prime
2.84 GHz
2x Redwood Cove
1.40 - 5.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Kryo 485 Gold
2.42 GHz
8x Crestmont
0.90 - 3.80 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 485 Silver
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache1.75 MB12.00 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 640Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency0.25 - 0.59 GHz0.35 - 1.25 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 38480 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays14
Max. GPU Memory4 GB32 GB
Technology7 nm10 nm
Release dateQ1/2019Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

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AI hardwareQualcomm AI engineIntel® AI Boost
AI specificationsHexagon 690 @ 7 TOPSIntel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost)
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB96 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP15 W
TDP (PL2)55 W
TDP up
TDP down12 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidWindows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ4/2018Q1/2024
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
Intel Core 5 processor 120U
Intel Core 5 processor 120U
10C / 12T · 1.40 - 5.00 GHz

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