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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
52 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 1.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 14-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 125H and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Around 45.4 GB/s (51%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 35% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2136 points
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1 integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 3.9 TFLOPS
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 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 Ultra 5 125H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#107th place)
Submit your benchmark results

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 1090 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 78.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 273.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 321.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 226.1 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 42.4 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 103.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 17.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 823 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 67.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 49.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 85M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 25.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 13.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 222.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 12.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 2263 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 25.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 359.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 715.9 PPW
Blender / Watt - 4.9 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 Ultra 5 125H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-07 (Dazzy G)Geekbench 6 CPU2266 / 11468
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-25 (SunrayVision)Geekbench 6 CPU2314 / 11107
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-25 (SunrayVision)Cinebench 2024103 / 763
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-05 (Fadaf)Geekbench 6 CPU2221 / 11456
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-30 (ilikememe)Geekbench 6 CPU2201 / 11410
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

General

Vendor Qualcomm Intel
Released October 24, 2023 December 14, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Meteor Lake
Model number X1E-84-100 125H
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
Intel CPU rating (#140th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 10
E-Threads - 10
Base Frequency (E) - 0.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 14
Total Threads 12 18
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 12x
L1 Cache - 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 20-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W 115 W
Socket Custom FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature - 110Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 180th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 1536 896
TMUs 96 56
ROPs 48 24
Execution Units 6 112
TGP 30 W 28 W
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Arc iGPU (7-Cores) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) official page Intel Core Ultra 5 125H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 28

Cast your vote

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Total votes: 79

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core Ultra 5 125H or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)?
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