Intel Core i5 8279U vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1 26 100
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 8279U with 4 cores 2.4GHz and Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1 26 100 with 8 cores 2.98GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i5 8279U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (28W vs 30W)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1 26 100 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 8 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 (2.98GHz vs 2.4GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
+11%
1085
Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1 26 100
975
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
4440
Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1 26 100
+55%
6901
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
1313
Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1 26 100
+61%
2121
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
4465
Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1 26 100
+135%
10516
General Parameters
May 2019
Release Date
Jan 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
ARMv9
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Snapdragon X
i5-8279U
Processor Number
X1-26-100
BGA-1528
Socket
Custom
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Integrated Graphics
Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
Package
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
28 W
Power Consumption
15-30 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
8
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.98 GHz
4.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4
Total Core Count
8
8
Total Thread Count
8
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
24x
Multiplier
29
32 K per core
L1 Cache
-
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1536 K per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8448
32 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
8
37.5 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
135 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
280 MHz
1150 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1107 MHz
384
Shader Units
1024
48
Texture Units
48
6
Raster Operation Units
24
48
Execution Units
3
15 W
Power Consumption
30
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
0.81 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
2.3 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
4.0
16
PCIe Lanes
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
