Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite vs Intel Core i7 8557U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite with 12 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i7 8557U with 4 cores 1.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 3 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8448 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (135GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 1.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (42MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Intel Core i7 8557U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (15W vs 65W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+41%
1673
Intel Core i7 8557U
1180
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+216%
14548
Intel Core i7 8557U
4595
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+237%
2980
Intel Core i7 8557U
884
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+373%
15226
Intel Core i7 8557U
3216
Blender
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+803%
470
Intel Core i7 8557U
52
General Parameters
Oct 2023
Release Date
Jul 2019
Qualcomm
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
Arm-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Oryon
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Snapdragon X Elite
Processor Number
i7-8557U
Socket
BGA-1528
Adreno
Integrated Graphics
Iris Plus Graphics 645
Oryon
Generation
-
Package
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
23-65 W
Power Consumption
15 W
80 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
Samsung TSMC
Foundry
-
mm²
Die Size
-
CPU Performance
12
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
8
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.7 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.5 GHz
12
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
8
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
Multiplier
17x
-
L1 Cache
32 K per core
-
L2 Cache
256 K per core
42 MB
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5x-8448
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
64 GB
Max Memory Size
32 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
135 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
Shader Units
384
Texture Units
48
Raster Operation Units
6
Execution Units
48
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
4.6 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.81 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
4.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
