Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
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CPU comparison with benchmarks
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CPU comparisonQualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 or AMD Ryzen 5 7520U - 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 Microsoft SQ1 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 was released in Q3/2019. The AMD Ryzen 5 7520U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 7520U was released in Q3/2022. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon (104) | Family | AMD Ryzen 5 (86) |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ1/SQ2 (2) | CPU group | AMD Ryzen 7020U (4) |
| 1 | Generation | 6 |
| Kryo 495 | Architecture | Mendocino (Zen 2) |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz. The AMD Ryzen 5 7520U has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.80 GHz (4.30 GHz). |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 | Characteristic | AMD Ryzen 5 7520U |
| 8 | Cores | 4 |
| 8 | Threads | 8 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 3.00 GHz 4x Kryo 495 Gold |
A-Core | 2.80 GHz (4.30 GHz) 4x Zen 2 |
| 1.80 GHz 4x Kryo 495 Silver |
B-Core | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)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. |
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| Qualcomm Adreno 685 | GPU | AMD Radeon 610M |
| 0.25 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.40 GHz |
| 0.65 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | 1.90 GHz |
| 5 | GPU Generation | 9 |
| 7 nm | Technology | 6 nm |
| 2 | Max. displays | 3 |
| 8 | Compute units | 2 |
| 1536 | Shader | 128 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | Yes |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 4 GB | Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB |
| 12.0 | DirectX Version | 12 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| Qualcomm Adreno 685 | GPU | AMD Radeon 610M |
| 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 & PCIeThe Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 7520U can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 | Characteristic | AMD Ryzen 5 7520U |
| LPDDR4X-4266 | Memory | LPDDR5-5500 |
| 16 GB | Max. Memory | 16 GB |
| 8 (Octa Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 34.1 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 44.0 GB/s |
| No | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | 2.00 MB |
| 2.00 MB | L3 Cache | 4.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | 3.0 |
| -- | PCIe lanes | 4 |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | 3.9 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 has a TDP of 7 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 5 7520U is 15 W. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 | Characteristic | AMD Ryzen 5 7520U |
| 7 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 15 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | 8 W |
| -- | Tjunction max. | 100 °C |
Technical detailsThe Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 5 7520U cache has a total of 6.00 MB. |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 | Characteristic | AMD Ryzen 5 7520U |
| 7 nm | Technology | 6 nm |
| Chiplet | Chip design | Monolithic |
| Armv8-A (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| -- | ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 |
| -- | Socket | FT6 |
| None | Virtualization | AMD-V, SVM |
| No | AES-NI | Yes |
| Android, Windows 10 (ARM) | Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Q3/2019 | Release date | Q3/2022 |
| -- | 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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
Qualcomm Adreno 685 @ 0.65 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz |
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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz |
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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.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz |
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CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1
3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
5,214 CB R23 MC @ 20 W |
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Devices using this processor |
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| Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 | AMD Ryzen 5 7520U |
| Microsoft Surface X | Unknown |
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