The benchmark score of Qualcomm's next-generation CPU for Arm version Windows 'Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 (tentative)' is clearly comparable to Apple M2?
Qualcomm's chip, codenamed Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 or Hamoa , is said to be a next-generation processor being developed for the Arm version of Windows 11. It is reported that the benchmark results of this Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 have been released.
Windows 11's Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 CPU rises to Apple M2 level in multi-core
The benchmark software is Geekbench 5, and the results of the CPU's single-core performance and multi-core performance are published on the following page under the name 'Qualcomm CRD'
Qualcomm CRD - Geekbench
https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/21742445
This Qualcomm CRD is believed to correspond to Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4, and according to Windows Latest, it is called by the code ame 'Hamoa' within Qualcomm and is equipped with a 12-core CPU with 4 high-efficiency cores and 8 high-performance cores. It is said that it is a SoC with
The single-core performance score was 1197 and the multi-core performance score was 9337. The version of Geekbench is 5.0.4, and the OS environment used is 'Windows AArch64'. AArch64 is 64-bit Arm architecture.
Windows Latest, an IT news site, posts the scores of Macs equipped with Apple M2 as a comparison target of Geekbench performance scores.
| 16-inch MacBook Pro (2023) Apple M2 | Single core: 2595 |
| Multi-core: 14197 | |
| MacBook Air(2022) 3478MHz, 8-core Apple M2 | Single core: 2641 |
| Multi-core: 9795 | |
| MacBook Air(2022) 3480MHz, 8-core Apple M | Single core: 2645 |
| Multi-core: 10082 | |
14-inch MacBook Air (2023) | Single core: 2641 |
| multi-core 12109 |
The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 is a little behind the Apple M2 in terms of single-core scores, but comes very close in terms of multi-core scores.
In the system information, the OS is 'Microsoft Windows 11 Insider Preview (64bit)' and the Model is 'Qualcomm CRD'. For some reason, the CPU was named 'Intel Pentium II/III', and it was a 12-core processor with a base frequency of 3.01GHz.
However, the test scores posted on Geekbench are just 'initial engineering samples' and have not yet reached the stage of actual commercialization, and there are still drivers optimized for Windows 11. Windows Latest points out that it may have been done at an earlier stage.
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