Microsoft SQ1 vs A6 Pro-7050B

Place in performance ranking	2653	1418
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Kaveri	Qualcomm Snapdragon
Architecture codename	Kaveri (2014−2015)	Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495) (2019)
Release date	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)	2 October 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	no data	$1873

Detailed specifications

A6 Pro-7050B and Microsoft SQ1 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3 GHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	no data
L3 cache	no data	2 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Die size	245 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	2410 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A6 Pro-7050B and Microsoft SQ1 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Socket	FP3	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Microsoft SQ1. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA, DDR3-1600 Controller	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
FRTC	1	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	+	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data
RAID	+	no data
HSA	1	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Microsoft SQ1 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	1	no data
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Microsoft SQ1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1600	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics	Qualcomm Adreno 685
iGPU core count	3	no data
Number of pipelines	192	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6 Pro-7050B and Microsoft SQ1 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Microsoft SQ1 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6 Pro-7050B and Microsoft SQ1.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A6 Pro-7050B 0.65

Microsoft SQ1 3.69
+468%

Microsoft SQ1 outperforms A6 Pro-7050B by 468% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A6 Pro-7050B 1009

Microsoft SQ1 5704
+465%

Microsoft SQ1 outperforms A6 Pro-7050B by 465% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A6 Pro-7050B 1820
+239%

Microsoft SQ1 537

A6 Pro-7050B outperforms Microsoft SQ1 by 239% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A6 Pro-7050B 2930

Microsoft SQ1 4276
+45.9%

Microsoft SQ1 outperforms A6 Pro-7050B by 46% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

A6 Pro-7050B 47.98

Microsoft SQ1 14.2
+238%

A6 Pro-7050B outperforms Microsoft SQ1 by 238% in wPrime 32.