Intel Core i5-3470 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  3 3
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx

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
  3.20 GHz 1.80 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.60 GHz 2.84 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 HD Graphics 2500 Qualcomm Adreno 690
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz 0.25 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz 0.59 GHz
• Execution units
  6 0
• Shader
  48 0
• Max. displays
  3 0
• Generation
  7 6
• Technology
  22 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q4/2020

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 and Intel Core i5-3470. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 LPDDR4X-2133
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 8

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-3470 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  77 W 7 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-3470 and Intel Core i5-3470, 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, AVX
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Kryo 495
• Technology
  22 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1155 N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q4/2018