Intel Core m5-6Y54 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 850. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core M 6 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
• Family
  Intel Core M Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  6 5
• 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 385 Gold
• B-Core
  - 4x Kryo 385 Silver
• Base Frequency
  1.1 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)
  2.7 GHz 2.95 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.95 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 11
• Execution units
  24 0
• Generation
  9 4
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 700 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 515 Qualcomm Adreno 630
• GPU Turbo
  900 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2018
• Shader
  192 256
• Technology
  14 nm 10 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
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 and Intel Core m5-6Y54. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 8 GB
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1866 LPDDR4X-1866
• PCIe lanes
  10 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core m5-6Y54 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 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)
  4.5 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core m5-6Y54 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 850, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake Y Kryo 385
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 -
• L3-Cache
  4 MB -
• Part Number
  - SDM850
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q3/2018
• Socket
  BGA 1515 -
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None