Intel Core i7-7660U vs Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000U Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ1/SQ2
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  7 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 Kryo 495 Gold
• B-Core
  - 4x Kryo 495 Silver
• Base Frequency
  2.5 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  2 8
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 3 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 12.0
• Execution units
  48 8
• Generation
  9.5 5
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 250 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 Qualcomm Adreno 685
• GPU Turbo
  1050 MHz 650 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q4/2018
• Shader
  384 1536
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm

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

• AV1
  No 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 / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 and Intel Core i7-7660U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM LPDDR4X-2133
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-7660U and Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1 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)
  15 W 7 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-7660U and Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kaby Lake U Kryo 495
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 -
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q3/2019
• Socket
  BGA 1356 -
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None