Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 vs Intel Pentium G4520

Last updated: 2023-11-07

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2		Intel Pentium G4520
CPU comparison Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 or Intel Pentium G4520 - 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 Pentium G4520 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G4520 was released in Q3/2015.

Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ1/SQ2 (2)	CPU group	Intel Pentium G4000 (5)
1	Generation	6
Kryo 495	Architecture	Skylake S
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	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 Pentium G4520 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium G4520 is at 3.60 GHz.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G4520
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	3.60 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 Pentium G4520
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 or Intel Pentium G4520 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 530
	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
6	GPU Generation	9
7 nm	Technology	14 nm
0	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	24
--	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	32 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 530
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VP9	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

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 Pentium G4520 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G4520
LPDDR4X-2133	Memory	DDR4-2133
16 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
8 (Octa Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
68.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
--	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 Microsoft SQ2 is --, while the Intel Pentium G4520 has a TDP of 51 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G4520
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	51 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 is manufactured in 7 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium G4520 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G4520
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 1151
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android, Windows 10 (ARM)	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2020	Release date	Q3/2015
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 (86%)

Intel Pentium G4520 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 (100%)

Intel Pentium G4520 (58%)

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 (86%)
	Intel Pentium G4520 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	921 (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 Microsoft SQ2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	3053 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G4520 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	1757 (58%)

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 Pentium G4520 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	795 (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 Pentium G4520 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	1360 (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 Pentium G4520 Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.05 GHz	403 (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 Pentium G4520 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	2952 (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 Pentium G4520 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	153 (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 Pentium G4520 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	274 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2	Intel Pentium G4520
Microsoft Surface Pro X	Unknown

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