Intel Atom N2600 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Atom N2000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860
• Family
  Intel Atom Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  1 6
• Predecessor
  - Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 1x Kryo 485 Prime
• B-Core
  - 3x Kryo 485 Gold
• Base Frequency
  1.6 GHz 1.8 GHz
• C-Core
  - 4x Kryo 485 Silver
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  2 8
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.96 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.42 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  10.1 12.0
• Execution units
  4 4
• Generation
  - 5
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 250 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel GMA 3600 Qualcomm Adreno 640
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 680 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 4 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2008 Q1/2019
• Shader
  32 384
• Technology
  65 nm 7 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and Intel Atom N2600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  1 4
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066 LPDDR4X-2133

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom N2600 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  3.5 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom N2600 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cedarview Kryo 485
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE3 -
• L2-Cache
  - 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  1 MB 3 MB
• Part Number
  - SM8150-AC
• Release date
  Q4/2011 Q1/2021
• Socket
  BGA 559 -
• Technology
  32 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None