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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 vs Google Tensor

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 76 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
Rank 1 - 100 %
Google Tensor
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
Rank 2 - 96 %
Google Tensor
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C / 8T · 3.15 GHz
793
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
1,043
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C / 8T · 3.15 GHz
3,053
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
2,915

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At a glance

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FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Google Tensor (5)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon SQ1/SQ2 (2)Google Tensor (1)
ArchitectureKryo 495G1
Technology7 nm5 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor
SuccessorGoogle Tensor G2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Kryo 495 Gold
3.15 GHz
2x Cortex-X1
2.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Kryo 495 Silver
2.42 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
2.25 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Cortex-A55
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 690ARM Mali-G78 MP20
GPU frequency0.76 GHz
CUs / Shader / 20 / 320
Raytracing
Max. displays01
Max. GPU Memory
Technology7 nm5 nm
Release dateQ2/2020Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

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AI hardwareGoogle Tensor AI
AI specificationsGoogle Edge TPU @ 1.6 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryLPDDR4X-2133 (68.3 GB/s)
LPDDR5-5500 (53.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB12 GB
Memory channels82
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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TDP10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Chip designChipletUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroid, Windows 10 (ARM)Android
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2020Q4/2021
Release price
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C / 8T · 3.15 GHz
Google Tensor
Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

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