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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 vs Intel Core 5 processor 120U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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At a glance

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FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Intel Core 5 (13)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon SQ3 (1)Intel Core processors - Mobile (Series 1) (3)
ArchitectureKryo 680Raptor Lake U
Technology5 nm10 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
SocketBGA 1744
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 810 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Kryo 680 Gold
3.00 GHz
2x Redwood Cove
1.40 - 5.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Kryo 680 Silver
2.40 GHz
8x Crestmont
0.90 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache12.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 690Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.25 GHz
CUs / Shader / 80 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays04
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology7 nm10 nm
Release dateQ2/2020Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

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AI hardwareIntel® AI Boost
AI specificationsIntel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost)
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryLPDDR4X-2133 (68.3 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB96 GB
Memory channels82
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP15 W
TDP (PL2)55 W
TDP up
TDP down12 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroid, Windows 10 (ARM)Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2022Q1/2024
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
Intel Core 5 processor 120U
Intel Core 5 processor 120U
10C / 12T · 1.40 - 5.00 GHz

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