Microsoft SQ1: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
SQ1 provides poor benchmark performance at 3.67% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Microsoft started SQ1 sales 2 October 2019. This is a Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495) architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 7 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is processor with a TDP of 3000 Watt.
Primary details
Microsoft SQ1 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 1487 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon | |
| Power efficiency | 0.12 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495) (2019) | |
| Release date | 2 October 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 8 | |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Microsoft SQ1 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
| Power consumption (TDP) | 3000 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Microsoft SQ1.
| Integrated graphics card | Qualcomm Adreno 685 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Microsoft SQ1. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
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.
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.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
WebXPRT 3
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Recommended GPUs
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