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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Intel Core i7 1165G7

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1165G7
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Intel Core i7 1165G7

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 1.2-2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1165G7 with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1165G7 and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1 integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 3 years and 2 months later
  • 42% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2027 points
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • 12% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
vs
Core i7 1165G7

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 588
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 911
Cinebench Scores (#107th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1150 MB/sec 423.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 39.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 100.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 166.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 199.9 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 27.4 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 42.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 7.05 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 557 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 71.9 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 19.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 5.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 101.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 692 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 11101 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 34.9 PPW 7.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 194.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 348.5 PPW
Blender / Watt - 2.17 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Eggburt)Cinebench 2024127 / 794
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Intel Core i7 1165G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-21 (Kroducer)Cinebench 2026588 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Andy)Geekbench 6 CPU1718 / 3599
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-07 (Yusuf Eren Γ‡)Cinebench 202475 / 210
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-29 (MA)Cinebench 202452 / 130
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Intel Core i7 1165G7

General

Vendor Qualcomm Intel
Released October 24, 2023 September 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Tiger Lake
Model number X1E-84-100 i7-1165G7
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 1.2-2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 12-28x
Bus Bandwidth - 4 GT/s
L1 Cache - 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache - 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 12-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom BGA-1449
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 1536 768
TMUs 96 48
ROPs 48 24
Execution Units 6 96
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) official page Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 16

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
61 (85.9%)
10 (14.1%)
Total votes: 71

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i7 1165G7 or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)?
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