Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 vs Intel Atom x6414RE

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Atom x6414RE
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Intel Atom x6414RE

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 or Intel Atom x6414RE - 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 8cx Gen. 2 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.15 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 was released in Q4/2018.

The Intel Atom x6414RE has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Atom x6414RE was released in Q1/2021.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Atom (101)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx (2) CPU group Intel Atom x6000 (10)
2 Generation 6
Kryo 495 Architecture Elkhart Lake
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 is 3.15 GHz while the Intel Atom x6414RE has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom x6414RE is at 1.50 GHz.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Characteristic Intel Atom x6414RE
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.15 GHz
4x Kryo 495 Gold
A-Core 1.50 GHz
1.80 GHz
4x Kryo 495 Silver
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 8cx Gen. 2 Characteristic Intel Atom x6414RE
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 or Intel Atom x6414RE 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 690 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU)
0.25 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
0.59 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
6 GPU Generation 11
7 nm Technology 14 nm
0 Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 16
-- Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- 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 690 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU)
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 Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 can use up to 32 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 68.2 GB/s. The Intel Atom x6414RE supports up to 32 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Characteristic Intel Atom x6414RE
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory LPDDR4-3200, DDR4-3200
32 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
68.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 1.50 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 8
-- PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 is 7 W, while the Intel Atom x6414RE has a TDP of 9 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Characteristic Intel Atom x6414RE
7 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 9 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 110 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 is manufactured in 7 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Atom x6414RE is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 1.50 MB cache.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Characteristic Intel Atom x6414RE
7 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1493
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android, Windows 10 (ARM) Operating systems
Q4/2018 Release date Q1/2021
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 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 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
760 (100%)
Intel Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
367 (48%)

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 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
2855 (100%)
Intel Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
1245 (44%)

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 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
260 (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 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
620 (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 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
Qualcomm Adreno 690 @ 0.59 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz
106 (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 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
7 (100%)
Intel Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Intel Atom x6414RE
Lenovo Flex 5G
Lenovo Yoga C 5G
Samsung Galaxy Book S
Unknown

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