Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Newer - released 6 months later
- 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2524 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- 21% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#107th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1150 MB/sec | 1120 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 144.9 Klines/sec | 90.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 338.7 pages/sec | 214.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 416.5 Mpixels/sec | 346.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 268.6 pages/sec | 271.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 67.7 images/sec | 52.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 117.6 images/sec | 93.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 25 Mpixels/sec | 20.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 71.9 GOps/sec | 89.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 106.9 GOps/sec | 52.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 301M Primes/sec | 73M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 34M Strings/sec | 34.8M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 16.2 GBytes/sec | 17.6 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 219.6 MBytes/sec | 291.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1748 Frames/sec | 1078 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 16.4B Matrices/sec | 21.5B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 34.9 PPW | 24.4 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 434.6 PPW | 374.1 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 708.8 PPW | 820.1 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 5.89 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-10-24 (Eggburt) | Cinebench 2024 | 127 / 794 |
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and AMD Ryzen Z1 ExtremeGeneral
| Vendor | Qualcomm | Amd |
| Released | October 24, 2023 | April 25, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Snapdragon X | Zen 4 (Phoenix) |
| Model number | X1E-84-100 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Qualcomm Adreno X1 | Radeon 780M |
| Rival Equivalent | - Apple M3 Pro | - |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#79th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 12 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.8 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.2 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 38x | 33x |
| L1 Cache | - | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 25 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 35 W | 9-30 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 80 W | - |
| Socket | Custom | FP8 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 100ยฐC |
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 126th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Qualcomm Adreno X1 | Radeon 780M |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 800 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1500 MHz | 2700 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 768 |
| TMUs | 96 | 48 |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 6 | 12 |
| TGP | 30 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to Adreno X1-85
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5x-8448 | - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5x-7500 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 135 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) official page | AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 12 | 20 |
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