Intel Core i7-9700 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  9 1
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 9000 Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ1/SQ2
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-8700 --
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-10700 --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.00 GHz 1.80 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.70 GHz 3.15 GHz
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  3.80 GHz 3.15 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)

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

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 Qualcomm Adreno 690
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.20 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24 0
• Shader
  192 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 0
• Generation
  9.5 6
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q4/2020

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 and Intel Core i7-9700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 LPDDR4X-2133
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 8

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-9700 and Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-9700 and Intel Core i7-9700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Coffee Lake S Refresh Kryo 495
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1151-2 N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2019 2020