Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G Compute Platform (or SD8cx Gen2, SC8180XP) is a ARM based SoC for Windows laptops. It integrates a similar CPU part as the Snapdragon 855 (same cores but without the Prime Core feature) and is manufactured in 7nm at Samsung. The 4 Kryo 495 Gold cores are based on the ARM Cortex-A76 architecture (for performance) and clocked at 3.15 GHz under load. The 4 Kryo 495 Silver cores are small ARM Cortex-A55 cores for power efficiency and clocked at 1.8 GHz under load (most likely).

Compared to the predecessor, the Snapdragon 8cx, the Gen 2 offers higher clock speeds and an integrated 5G modem (X55 with Sub-6 GHz and mmWave support). Wi-Fi was also bumped up to Wi-Fi 6

The processor performance should be similar to a Intel Core i5 8th gen U-series (e.g. i5-8250U) according to Qualcomm. However, this is only the case for native ARM64 compiled Windows apps which are not that many (in mid 2019). 32 bit applications and games for AMD/Intel run in a rather slow emulation and 64 bit apps wont start at all (but an emulator should come in Windows in 2021).

The integrated Adreno 680 graphics card could also be a bit higher clocked.

The chip is very power efficient as its produced at TSMC in the modern 7 process. Therefore, laptops using the Snapdragon 8cx can be passively cooled (no fan) and should not throttle under constant load.

Series	Qualcomm Snapdragon
Codename	Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495)
Series: Snapdragon Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495)	» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G 3.15 GHz 8 / 8 2 MB Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495) Microsoft SQ1 3 GHz 8 / 8 2 MB Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx 2.84 GHz 8 / 8 2 MB Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495)
Clock Rate	3150 MHz
Level 3 Cache	2 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	8 / 8
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	7 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	7 nm
Features	X24 LTE Modem, Adreno 680 GPU
GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 680
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	ARM
Announcement Date	09/03/2020
Product Link (external)	Qualcomm Snapdragon SD 8cx Gen 2 5G

Benchmarks

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics

1975 Points (7%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP EliteBook Folio 13.5-3G2L2EA	SD 8cx Gen 2 5G	Adreno 680	16 GB	1975

AMD E-240 -86%

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Intel Celeron 1037U -5%

Intel Core i3-4012Y -5%

AMD A4-7210 -5%

AMD A8-6410 -4%

Intel Pentium N3530 -4%

Intel Celeron 3865U -3%

Intel Core i3-2365M -3%

Intel Core M-5Y10c -2%

AMD Phenom II X4 N970 -2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G

Intel Celeron N3450 0%

AMD A10 Pro-7350B 0%

Intel Pentium B970 1%

AMD A6-5200 1%

AMD A10-7300 1%

AMD Pro A8-8600B 3%

Intel Pentium N4200 3%

Intel Core i3-4020Y 4%

Intel Core i5-4210Y 5%

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Intel Core i9-11950H 785%

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Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core

2355 points (27%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP EliteBook Folio 13.5-3G2L2EA	SD 8cx Gen 2 5G	Adreno 680	16 GB	2355

AMD E1-2100 -75%

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Intel Core i3-2350M -10%

AMD PRO A8-9600B -9%

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y -8%

Intel Pentium Silver N5030 -8%

Intel Celeron 3865U -5%

AMD A9-9425 -5%

AMD A10-5750M -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 -4%

Intel Celeron 3867U -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G

Intel Celeron 2970M 7%

Intel Core i3-6006U 11%

Intel Core i3-5010U 11%

Intel Core i7-6770HQ 12%

Intel Pentium Gold 5405U 13%

AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G 13%

Intel Pentium Gold 4417U 14%

Intel Core m3-6Y30 15%

Intel Core i7-2637M 18%

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Intel Core i7-11375H 193%

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Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core

7502 points (9%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP EliteBook Folio 13.5-3G2L2EA	SD 8cx Gen 2 5G	Adreno 680	16 GB	7502

AMD E1-2100 -86%

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Intel Core i5-6300U -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 -5%

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U -5%

Intel Core i3-7167U -4%

Intel Core i7-8500Y -4%

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U -1%

Intel Core i5-7200U -1%

Intel Core i5-8210Y 0%

Intel Core i5-7Y57 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 1%

Intel Core i3-10100Y 2%

Intel Core i7-5557U 3%

Intel Core i7-6560U 4%

Intel Core i3-8130U 5%

Intel Core i5-8200Y 5%

Intel Core i3-8121U 6%

Intel Core i3-8145U 7%

Intel Core i5-7300U 10%

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Intel Xeon W-2145 355%

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Geekbench 5.3 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core

min: 793     avg: 797     median: 797 (39%)     max: 801 points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP Elite Folio 13.5 2-in-1	SD 8cx Gen 2 5G	Adreno 680	16 GB	793
HP EliteBook Folio 13.5-3G2L2EA	SD 8cx Gen 2 5G	Adreno 680	16 GB	801

AMD E1-2100 -84%

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Intel Core i5-10210Y -7%

Microsoft SQ1 -7%

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U -7%

Intel Core i7-4722HQ -6%

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U -6%

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U -4%

AMD Ryzen 5 3450U -4%

Intel Core m3-7Y32 -3%

AMD Ryzen 3 2300U -2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U 1%

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 1%

AMD Ryzen 5 2600H 2%

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 2%

Intel Core i3-L13G4 2%

AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B 3%

AMD Ryzen 3 3300U 3%

Intel Core i5-L16G7 4%

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4%

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Intel Core i7-12700H 132%

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Geekbench 5.3 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core

min: 3088     avg: 3116     median: 3115.5 (11%)     max: 3143 points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP Elite Folio 13.5 2-in-1	SD 8cx Gen 2 5G	Adreno 680	16 GB	3088
HP EliteBook Folio 13.5-3G2L2EA	SD 8cx Gen 2 5G	Adreno 680	16 GB	3143

AMD E1-2100 -92%

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AMD Ryzen 7 2700U -5%

AMD Ryzen 5 3580U -4%

AMD Ryzen 5 3450U -4%

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U -3%

AMD Ryzen 7 3780U -2%

Intel Core i5-8250U -1%

Intel Core i7-8565U -1%

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U -1%

AMD Ryzen 3 5400U -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 1%

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U 2%

AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B 2%

AMD Ryzen 5 2600H 4%

Intel Core i5-8300H 5%

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H 5%

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U 7%

Intel Core i5-8259U 8%

Intel Core i5-10310U 11%

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Intel Core i7-12700H 325%

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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *

1284 ms (2%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP EliteBook Folio 13.5-3G2L2EA	SD 8cx Gen 2 5G	Adreno 680 Chrome 92	16 GB	1284.3

Apple M1 Max -69%

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AMD Ryzen 5 3580U -3%

Intel Core i3-10110U -3%

Intel Core i3-10100Y -3%

AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B -2%

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U -1%

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 0%

Intel Core i5-L16G7 0%

Intel Core i3-8145U 0%

Intel Core i5-6198DU 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G

Intel Core m5-6Y57 1%

Intel Core i5-6300U 1%

Intel Core i7-7Y75 2%

AMD Ryzen 7 3700U 3%

Intel Core m5-6Y54 3%

Intel Core i5-6267U 4%

Intel Core i7-2860QM 5%

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 5%

Intel Pentium Silver N6000 9%

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AMD A4-1250 2256%

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100%

Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score

32979 Points (46%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP EliteBook Folio 13.5-3G2L2EA	SD 8cx Gen 2 5G	Adreno 680 Chrome 92	16 GB	32979

Intel Atom Z3795 -90%

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Intel Core i7-3720QM -2%

Intel Core i5-6300HQ -2%

Intel Core i5-9300H -2%

Intel Core i5-L16G7 -2%

Intel Core i5-8350U -1%

Intel Core i5-6440HQ -1%

Intel Core i5-8365U -1%

Intel Core i7-8705G -1%

Intel Core i5-8300H 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G

Intel Core i5-8210Y 0%

Intel Core i5-1035G7 0%

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U 1%

Intel Core i7-8550U 1%

Intel Core i5-7300HQ 3%

Intel Core i7-8665U 3%

Intel Core i5-7300U 3%

Intel Core i3-10100Y 3%

Intel Core i7-8750H 3%

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Intel Core i7-11370H 109%

0%

100%

WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score

132 Points (38%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP EliteBook Folio 13.5-3G2L2EA	SD 8cx Gen 2 5G	Adreno 680 Chrome 92	16 GB	132

AMD E1-2100 -82%

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Intel Pentium Silver N5030 -21%

AMD 3020e -20%

AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G -20%

Intel Core m3-6Y30 -14%

Microsoft SQ1 -12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx -12%

Intel Core i5-4258U -11%

Intel Core i5-L16G7 -5%

Intel Core i7-7Y75 -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G

Intel Core m3-8100Y 2%

Intel Core i7-2860QM 3%

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 8%

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 8%

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U 8%

AMD Athlon 300U 8%

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U 10%

Intel Pentium Silver N6000 11%

Intel Core i3-10100Y 12%

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Apple M1 Max 165%

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Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *

17 Watt (3%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP EliteBook Folio 13.5-3G2L2EA	SD 8cx Gen 2 5G	Adreno 680	16 GB	17

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 -58%

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Intel Celeron N4020 -26%

AMD 3020e -26%

Intel Atom x7-E3950 -25%

Intel Celeron J4115 -17%

Intel Celeron N4120 -16%

Intel Pentium Gold 5405U -7%

Intel Celeron J4125 -6%

AMD E1-2100 -4%

Intel Core m3-7Y30 -2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U 1%

Intel Core i5-1030NG7 7%

Intel Core i7-7Y75 9%

Intel Core i3-10100Y 11%

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U 21%

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 21%

Intel Core i3-5005U 24%

Intel Core i5-1035G7 39%

Intel Core i3-5010U 42%

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Intel Xeon W-10885M 782%

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HP EliteBook Folio 13.5-3G2L2EA  : Ø17 (13.9-18.1)

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Reviews for the Qualcomm Snapdragon SD 8cx Gen 2 5G processor

Acer Spin 7 SP714-61NA-S6K5 (Qualcomm Adreno 680, 14.00")
» Acer Spin 7 SP714-61NA-S6K5 - External Review

Acer Spin 7 SP714-61NA-S8Z7 (Qualcomm Adreno 680, 14.00")
» Acer Spin 7 SP714-61NA-S8Z7 - External Review

HP EliteBook Folio 13-3G2L2EA (Qualcomm Adreno 680, 13.50")
» HP EliteBook Folio 13-3G2L2EA - External Review

HP EliteBook Folio 13.5-3G2L2EA (Qualcomm Adreno 680, 13.50")
» HP EliteBook Folio 13.5 in review: Elegant convertible with a highly reflective display - Review
» HP EliteBook Folio 13.5-3G2L2EA - External Review
» HP EliteBook Folio 13.5: Unique Windows-on-ARM convertible -

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