Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs Intel Core i7-10510U Benchmark, comparison and differences


Qualcomm Snapdragon 855		Intel Core i7-10510U
CPU comparison Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 or Intel Core i7-10510U - 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 i7-10510U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-10510U was released in Q3/2019.

Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)	Family	Intel Core i7 (298)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3)	CPU group	Intel Core i 10000U (5)
6	Generation	10
Kryo 485	Architecture	Comet Lake U
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

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 i7-10510U has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz (4.80 GHz).
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-10510U
8	Cores	4
8	Threads	8
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.84 GHz 1x Kryo 485 Prime	A-Core	1.80 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 i7-10510U
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 (Comet Lake)
0.25 GHz	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
0.59 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.15 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	32 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 (Comet Lake)
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 i7-10510U can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-10510U
LPDDR4X-4266	Memory	LPDDR4-2933, LPDDR3-2133, DDR4-2666
16 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
4 (Quad Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	46.8 GB/s
No	ECC	No
1.75 MB	L2 Cache	--
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 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 i7-10510U is 15 W.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-10510U
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	25 W
--	TDP down	10 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 has a 3.75 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-10510U cache has a total of 8.00 MB.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-10510U
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	BGA 1526
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	Q3/2019
--	Release price	340 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (70%)

Intel Core i7-10510U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (71%)

Intel Core i7-10510U (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 855 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	724 (65%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz	1118 (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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	2578 (72%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	3562 (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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	960 (74%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz	1304 (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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	2819 (73%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	3874 (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 Adreno 640 @ 0.59 GHz	899 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) @ 1.15 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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	4527 (67%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	6722 (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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz	1102 (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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	3271 (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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz	471 (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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1523 (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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	432560 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 1.80 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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	47 (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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	421 (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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	1925 (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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz	188 (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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	758 (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 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	7 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855	Intel Core i7-10510U
OnePlus 7 Pro OnePlus 7 Pro 5G Sony Xperia 1 Sony Xperia 5 Xiaomi Mi 9 Oppo Reno 10x Zoom	Lenovo Yoga C740 - Intel Core i7-10510U Acer Aspire 3 (A317-51G-7604) - 17.3 Zoll Multimedia Notebook Acer Aspire 5 (A514-52G-78GK) 14 Zoll Laptop MSI Modern 14 A10RB-638 14 Zoll Laptop HP Spectre 15-df1210ng 15.6 Zoll Laptop


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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs Intel Core i7-10510U

CPU comparison with benchmarks

CPU comparison

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Internal Graphics

Hardware codec support

Memory & PCIe

Thermal Management

Technical details