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Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 vs Core i3-7100U


Description
The 7c Gen 2 is based on Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 468) architecture while the i3-7100U is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 7c Gen 2 gets a score of 37 k points while the i3-7100U gets 57.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i3-7100U is 1.5 times faster than the 7c Gen 2. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
806e9
Core
Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 468)
Kaby Lake-U
Architecture
Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 468)
Base frecuency
2.55 GHz
2.4 GHz
Socket
-
BGA 1356
Cores/Threads
8/8
2/4
TDP
7 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
3072 kB
Date
May 2021
August 2016
Mean monothread perf.
16.53k points
33.38k points
Mean multithread perf.
37k points
79.6k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
7c Gen 2
i3-7100U
Test#1 (Integers)
3.87k
8.66k (x2.24)
Test#2 (FP)
8.17k
12.31k (x1.51)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.67k
3.28k (x1.23)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.82k
3.92k (x2.16)
TOTAL
16.53k
28.16k (x1.7)

Multithread

7c Gen 2

i3-7100U
Test#1 (Integers)
3.46k
17.87k (x5.16)
Test#2 (FP)
22.59k
28.59k (x1.27)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
8.09k
7.68k (x0.95)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.85k
3.15k (x1.1)
TOTAL
37k
57.28k (x1.55)

Performance/W
7c Gen 2
i3-7100U
Test#1 (Integers)
495 points/W
1191 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
3228 points/W
1906 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1156 points/W
512 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
407 points/W
210 points/W
TOTAL
5286 points/W
3819 points/W

Performance/GHz
7c Gen 2
i3-7100U
Test#1 (Integers)
1516 points/GHz
3609 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
3205 points/GHz
5128 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1047 points/GHz
1366 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
712 points/GHz
1633 points/GHz
TOTAL
6481 points/GHz
11735 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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