Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 vs Intel Pentium G3460

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium G3460
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Intel Pentium G3460

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 or Intel Pentium G3460 - 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 Pentium G3460 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G3460 was released in Q3/2014.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (104) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx (2) CPU group Intel Pentium G3000 (14)
2 Generation 5
Kryo 495 Architecture Haswell S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- 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 Pentium G3460 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium G3460 is at 3.50 GHz.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Characteristic Intel Pentium G3460
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.15 GHz
4x Kryo 495 Gold
A-Core 3.50 GHz
1.80 GHz
4x Kryo 495 Silver
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Characteristic Intel Pentium G3460
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 or Intel Pentium G3460 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 HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
0.25 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.59 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
6 GPU Generation 7.5
7 nm Technology 22 nm
0 Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 10
-- Shader 80
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12.0 DirectX Version 11.1

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 HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

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 Pentium G3460 supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Characteristic Intel Pentium G3460
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory DDR3-1600
32 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
68.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 is 7 W, while the Intel Pentium G3460 has a TDP of 53 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Characteristic Intel Pentium G3460
7 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 53 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 is manufactured in 7 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium G3460 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Characteristic Intel Pentium G3460
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
-- Socket LGA 1150
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android, Windows 10 (ARM) Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2018 Release date Q3/2014
-- Release price 82 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 (97%)
Intel Pentium G3460 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 (100%)
Intel Pentium G3460 (54%)

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 (97%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
785 (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 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
2855 (100%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
1546 (54%)

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 Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
732 (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 Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
1402 (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 Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
176 (100%)

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 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
2191 (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 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
137 (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 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
263 (100%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

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 Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Intel Pentium G3460
Lenovo Flex 5G
Lenovo Yoga C 5G
Samsung Galaxy Book S
Unknown

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