Intel Core i7-1270P vs Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 1200P/1200U Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ1/SQ2
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  12 1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• A-Core
  4x Golden Cove 4x Kryo 495 Gold
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont 4x Kryo 495 Silver
• Base Frequency
  2.2 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  12 8
• CPU Threads
  16 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.8 GHz 3.15 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  3.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 3.15 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
  12.1 12.0
• Execution units
  96 0
• Generation
  13 6
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) Qualcomm Adreno 690
• GPU Turbo
  1400 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  4 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2020
• Shader
  768 0
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 and Intel Core i7-1270P. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 8
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 LPDDR4X-2133
• PCIe
  4.0 x 28 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-1270P and Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  28 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  64 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-1270P and Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake U Kryo 495
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 -
• L2-Cache
  9 MB -
• L3-Cache
  18 MB -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 2020
• Socket
  BGA 1744 -
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None