Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 vs Intel Celeron N3060

Last updated: 2023-11-07

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2		Intel Celeron N3060
CPU comparison Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 or Intel Celeron N3060 - 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 SQ2 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.15 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 was released in Q3/2020. The Intel Celeron N3060 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.48 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N3060 was released in Q1/2016.

Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)	Family	Intel Celeron (165)
Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ1/SQ2 (2)	CPU group	Intel Celeron J3000/N3000 (10)
1	Generation	8
Kryo 495	Architecture	Braswell
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 is 3.15 GHz while the Intel Celeron N3060 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron N3060 is at 1.60 GHz (2.48 GHz).
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2	Characteristic	Intel Celeron N3060
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	1.60 GHz (2.48 GHz)
2.42 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 Microsoft SQ2	Characteristic	Intel Celeron N3060
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 or Intel Celeron N3060 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 400
	GPU frequency	0.32 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	0.60 GHz
6	GPU Generation	8
7 nm	Technology	14 nm
0	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	12
--	Shader	96
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	8 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 HD Graphics 400
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	Decode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 can use up to 16 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 68.3 GB/s. The Intel Celeron N3060 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2	Characteristic	Intel Celeron N3060
LPDDR4X-2133	Memory	DDR3L-1600
16 GB	Max. Memory	8 GB
8 (Octa Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
68.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
--	PCIe version	2.0
--	PCIe lanes	4
--	PCIe Bandwidth	2.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 is --, while the Intel Celeron N3060 has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2	Characteristic	Intel Celeron N3060
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	6 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	4 W
--	Tjunction max.	90 °C
Technical details The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 is manufactured in 7 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron N3060 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2	Characteristic	Intel Celeron N3060
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	BGA 1170
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android, Windows 10 (ARM)	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2020	Release date	Q1/2016
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 (100%)

Intel Celeron N3060 (31%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 (100%)

Intel Celeron N3060 (16%)

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 Microsoft SQ2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	793 (100%)
	Intel Celeron N3060 2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz	244 (31%)

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 Microsoft SQ2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	3053 (100%)
	Intel Celeron N3060 2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz	478 (16%)

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 Microsoft SQ2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron N3060 2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz	198 (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 Microsoft SQ2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron N3060 2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz	357 (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 Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Adreno 690 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron N3060 Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.60 GHz	126 (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 Microsoft SQ2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron N3060 2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz	655 (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 Microsoft SQ2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron N3060 2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz	170 (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 Microsoft SQ2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron N3060 2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz	42 (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 Microsoft SQ2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron N3060 2C 2T @ 2.48 GHz	77 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2	Intel Celeron N3060
Microsoft Surface Pro X	Unknown

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