Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 vs Intel Pentium 2030M

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium 2030M
Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 Intel Pentium 2030M

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 or Intel Pentium 2030M - 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 215 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. Up to 3 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 was released in Q3/2019.

The Intel Pentium 2030M has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 2030M was released in Q1/2013.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Qualcomm Snapdragon QM215 (1) CPU group Intel Pentium 2000 (5)
3 Generation 4
Cortex-A53 Architecture Ivy Bridge U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 is 1.30 GHz while the Intel Pentium 2030M has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium 2030M is at 2.50 GHz.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 Characteristic Intel Pentium 2030M
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.30 GHz Frequency 2.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 215 Characteristic Intel Pentium 2030M
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 or Intel Pentium 2030M 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 308 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
0.50 GHz GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
0.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
3 GPU Generation 7
28 nm Technology 22 nm
0 Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 6
24 Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 DirectX Version 11.0

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 308 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 can use up to 3 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 4.3 GB/s. The Intel Pentium 2030M supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 Characteristic Intel Pentium 2030M
LPDDR3-1066 Memory DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
3 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
4.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 is --, while the Intel Pentium 2030M has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 Characteristic Intel Pentium 2030M
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium 2030M is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 Characteristic Intel Pentium 2030M
28 nm Technology 22 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket PGA 988
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2013
-- Release price --
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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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 Qualcomm Snapdragon 215
Qualcomm Adreno 308 @ 0.50 GHz
24 (23%)
Intel Pentium 2030M Intel Pentium 2030M
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
106 (100%)

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 215 Qualcomm Snapdragon 215
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2030M Intel Pentium 2030M
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
502 (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 215 Qualcomm Snapdragon 215
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2030M Intel Pentium 2030M
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
968 (100%)

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 215 Qualcomm Snapdragon 215
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2030M Intel Pentium 2030M
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
421 (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 215 Qualcomm Snapdragon 215
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2030M Intel Pentium 2030M
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
754 (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 215 Qualcomm Snapdragon 215
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2030M Intel Pentium 2030M
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
1402 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 Intel Pentium 2030M
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