CPUs

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 325 Full Specs

8 Cores(4P+4E)
8 Threads(4P+4E)
3GHz
8 Cores(4P+4E)
8 Threads(4P+4E)
2.1GHz
TDP
-
TDP
25W
Bandwidth
68.3GB/s
LPDDR4X
Bandwidth
119.5GB/s
·
iGPU
iGPU
··
7.37 TFLOPSFP16
··
80.28 TFLOPSFP16
Socket
-
Socket

Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3-
-
Core Ultra 5 325Core Ultra 5 3253.4GHz
x1

8 Cores
4P
4E
8 Cores
4P
4E
8 Threads
4P
4E
8 Threads
4P
4E

Base Clock
3GHz
Base Clock
2.1GHz
Boost Clock
-
Boost Clock
4.5GHz
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked

L0i
-
L0i
64KB
L0d
-
L0d
48KB
L1i
64KB P
64KB E
L1i
-
64KB E
L1d
64KB P
64KB E
L1d
192KB P
32KB E
L2
1MB P
512KB E
-
L2
3MB P
-
4MB E shared
L3
4MB
L3
12MB
SLC Cache
3MB
SLC Cache
-

Type
LPDDR4X
Type
·
Max Memory
16GB
Max Memory
96GB
ECC
No
ECC
No
Channels
8
Channels
2
Bus Width
128-bit
Bus Width
128-bit
Speed
4266MT/s
Speed
7466MT/s
Bandwidth
68.3GB/s
Bandwidth
119.5GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
Calculated Bandwidth
68.3GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
Calculated Bandwidth
119.5GB/s

TDP
-
TDP
25W
cTDP-down
-
cTDP-down
12W
Peak Power
-
Peak Power
55W
Max Operating Temp
-
Max Operating Temp
100°C Max

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PCIe
PCIe 5.0 x4
15.8GB/sBandwidth
-
PCIe Secondary
PCIe 4.0 x8
15.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU
iGPU
Shaders
2048
Shaders
512
Boost Clock
900MHz
Boost Clock
2.45GHz
··
7.37 TFLOPSFP16
··
80.28 TFLOPSFP16

NPU Model
Hexagon
NPU Model
NPU 5
NPU Cores
-
NPU Cores
3
Performance
29 TOPS
Performance
47 TOPSINT8

Modem Model
X62
Modem Model
-
Cellular
5G mmWave
Cellular
-
Peak Down
Up to 4.4Gbps
Peak Down
-
Peak Up
Up to 1.6Gbps
Peak Up
-

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
ISA
AArch64
ISA
x86-64
Architecture
Kryo 680ARMv8.2-A
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3  branding
Branding
Core Ultra 5 2026 branding
Codename
-
Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3Variant
Cortex-X1P-Core
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Cortex-A78E-Core
Codename
Panther Lake-U
Panther Lake-U-4P-4EVariant
Cougar CoveP-Core
DarkmontM-Core
DarkmontE-Core
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
Dec 22, 2021
Release Date
Jan 5, 2026

Foundry
Samsung
Foundry
Intel
Other Foundries
-
Other Foundries
InteliGPU
TSMCPCH
Fabrication Node
5LPE
-
-
Fabrication Node
Intel 18A
Intel 3iGPU
N6PCH
Die Size
-
Die Size
93mm²
27mm²iGPU
49mm²PCH
Transistor Count
-
Transistor Count
4 MillionPCH

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