Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 155H 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
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2421 points
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 14% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 544
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3749
Cinebench Scores (107th and 165th place)

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 1220 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 100.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 270.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 356.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 243.4 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 49.2 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 117.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 19.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 910 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 85.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 62.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 113M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 31.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 16.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 273.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 1701 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 16.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 6648 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 34.9 PPW 14.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 192.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 377.1 PPW
Blender / Watt - 2.65 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
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-22 (Alex Paulino)Cinebench 2026544 / 3749
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev)Geekbench 6 CPU2347 / 12862
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-08 (Anuj)Geekbench 6 CPU2248 / 12118
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-25 (Aya)Cinebench 202485 / 943
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-25 (Tarekcoupe)Cinebench 202496 / 930

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

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 155H
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
Intel CPU rating (#99th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 1.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 10
E-Threads - 10
Base Frequency (E) - 0.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.8 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 16
Total Threads 12 22
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 14x
L1 Cache - 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 20-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W 115 W
Socket Custom FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature - 110Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 128th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 2250 MHz
Shading Units 1536 1024
TMUs 96 64
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 6 128
TGP 30 W 28 W
iGPU FLOPS

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 7 155H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)?
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Professor JB Groves III September 8, 2024 at 04:01 PM
Hello everyone, This is my 52nd year in IT. Qualcomm makes a very good case for running AI on the Snapdragon X Elite platform. Been an Intel guy for a very long time. I'm sure Intel will eventually counter with another product.
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Jim March 16, 2025 at 04:58 PM
So which one is better?
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diddy September 9, 2025 at 02:30 AM
Jim, Intel ultra7 155h is better
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