Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 720
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  2 2
• Predecessor
  No -
• Segment
  Desktop Mobile
• Successor
  No -

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

• Base Frequency
  3 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No 2.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• A-Core
  - 2x Kryo 465 Gold
• B-Core
  - 6x Kryo 465 Silver
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.3 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
  - 12.1
• Execution units
  - 0
• Generation
  - 6
• GPU Frequency
  - 700 MHz
• GPU name
  - Qualcomm Adreno 618
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 4 GB
• Release date
  - Q2/2019
• Shader
  - 128
• Technology
  - 14 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G and Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 8 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066 LPDDR4X-1866

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G 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
  90 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  130 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  No -
• TDP down
  No -
• TDP up
  No -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Yorkfield Kryo 465
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1 -
• L2-Cache
  12 MB -
• L3-Cache
  No -
• Release date
  Q4/2007 Q1/2020
• Socket
  LGA 775 -
• Technology
  45 nm 8 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-d None
• Part Number
  - SM7125