Intel Core i5-10210U vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  10 1
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000U Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
• Predecessor
  -- Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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
  1.60 GHz 1.80 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.20 GHz 3.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (Prime / 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 (Comet Lake) Qualcomm Adreno 730
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.84 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24 --
• Shader
  192 --
• Max. displays
  3 --
• Generation
  9.5 7
• Technology
  14 nm 4 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q1/2022

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 / Encode
• 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 8 Gen 1 and Intel Core i5-10210U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666LPDDR3-2133LPDDR4-2933 LPDDR5-3200
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 4

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-10210U and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W --
• TDP up
  25 W --
• TDP down
  10 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-10210U and Intel Core i5-10210U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv9-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 --
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Comet Lake U Kryo
• Technology
  14 nm 4 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1526 N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q1/2022
• Part Number
  -- SM8450