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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx

Qualcomm SD 8cx

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Compute Platform (or SD8cx) 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 TSMC. The 4 Kryo 495 Gold cores are based on the ARM Cortex-A76 architecture (for performance) and clocked at 2.84 GHz under load (no single core Turbo). The 4 Kryo 495 Silver cores are small ARM Cortex-A55 cores for power efficiency and clocked at 1.9 GHz under load. According to Qualcomm, the clock speed should not be reduced under constant load with typical (fanless) cooling. The integrated X24 LTE modem supports up to 2 Gbps download speeds. Furthermore, the SoC integrates ac-Wifi and a dual-channel 32-bit 1866 MHz LPDDR4x memory controller.

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 is a beefier version of the Adreno 640 in the Snapdragon 855 and should be twice as fast as the old Adreno 630 (in Windows laptops) and offer a 60% higher efficiency.

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

SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameCortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495)

Series: Snapdragon Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G compare3.15 GHz8 / 8 cores2 MB L3 Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495)
Microsoft SQ1 compare3 GHz8 / 8 cores2 MB L3 Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx « 2.84 GHz8 / 8 cores2 MB L3 Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495)
Clock Rate2840 MHz
Level 3 Cache2 MB
Number of Cores / Threads8 / 8
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)7 Watt
Manufacturing Technology7 nm
FeaturesX24 LTE Modem, Adreno 680 GPU
GPUQualcomm Adreno 680
64 Bit64 Bit support
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date12/06/2018
Product Link (external)www.qualcomm.com

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Reviews for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx processor

Samsung Galaxy Book S Laptop Review: Long battery runtime and under 1 kg

Samsung Galaxy Book S Laptop Review: Long battery runtime and under 1 kg

Samsung's Galaxy Book S is an extremely lightweight mobile companion, which is powered by an ARM processor. The latter offers advantages like low power consumpt...
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx | Qualcomm Adreno 680 | 13.30" | 951 g

Huawei MateBook E Go 2023: Qualcomm Adreno 690, 12.35", 0.7 kg
  External Review » Huawei MateBook E Go 2023

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 14-82AK0002US with 5G: Qualcomm Adreno 680, 14.00", 1.3 kg
  External Review » Lenovo Flex 5G 14-82AK0002US

Lenovo Yoga C 5G-88YGC801370: Qualcomm Adreno 680, 14.00", 1.3 kg
  External Review » Lenovo Yoga C 5G-88YGC801370

Samsung Galaxy Book S: Qualcomm Adreno 680, 13.30", 1 kg
  External Review » Samsung Galaxy Book S

   » Samsung's Galaxy Book S is a very good mobile companion with integrated LTE

   » Samsung Galaxy Book S Hands-on: Extremely light and long battery runtime

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Other CPUs of the series Snapdragon

» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy
   8x 2.3 GHz - 3.39 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
   8x 2.3 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy
   8x 2 GHz - 3.36 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
   8x 2 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
   8x 2.4 GHz - 3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
   8x 1.8 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
   8x 1.8 GHz - 3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.91 GHz
» Microsoft SQ1
   8x 3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
   8x 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G
   8x 2.42 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ (Plus)
   8x 2.42 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
   8x 2.42 GHz - 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
   8x 1.95 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
   8x - 2.96 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
   8x 2.55 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
   8x 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
   8x 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm QCM6490
   8x 1.96 GHz - 2.71 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+ 5G
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.5 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G
   8x 1.7 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 850
   8x 2.75 GHz - 2.96 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
   8x 2.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 765
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.02 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G
   8x 1.7 GHz - 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
   8x 2.3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
   8x 2.3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
   8x 1.7 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 675
   8x 1.6 GHz - 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 4G
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998)
   8x 2.45 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
   8x 2.3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 670
   8x 2.02 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 632
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
   8x 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
   8x 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 429
   4x 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 435
   8x 1.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB
   2x 1.7 GHz
» Qualcomm 205
   2x 1.1 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660
   2x 1.7 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260
   2x 1.5 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255
   1x 1.5 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227
   1x 0.6 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core i7-2760QM
   4x 2.4 GHz - 3.5 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-7287U
   2x 3.3 GHz - 3.7 GHz
+ Microsoft SQ1
   8x 3 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-7560U
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3.8 GHz
+ Intel Core i3-1110G4
   2x 2.5 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
   8x 2.84 GHz
- Intel Processor N200
   4x 1 GHz - 3.7 GHz
- Intel Core i7-2820QM
   4x 2.3 GHz - 3.4 GHz
- Intel Core i7-3612QM
   4x 2.1 GHz - 3.1 GHz
- Intel Core i7-2720QM
   4x 2.2 GHz - 3.3 GHz
- Intel Core i7-2675QM
   4x 2.2 GHz - 3.1 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2019-05-16)