Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx vs Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ1/SQ2
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  3 1
• 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 495 Gold 4x Kryo 495 Gold
• B-Core
  4x Kryo 495 Silver 4x Kryo 495 Silver
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.84 GHz 3.15 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.84 GHz 3.15 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
  12.0 12.0
• Execution units
  8 0
• Generation
  5 6
• GPU Frequency
  250 MHz -
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 680 Qualcomm Adreno 690
• GPU Turbo
  590 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q4/2020
• Shader
  768 0
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  8 8
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-2133

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx and Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 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)
  7 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx and Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kryo 495 Kryo 495
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L3-Cache
  2 MB -
• Release date
  Q4/2018 2020
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None