Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) vs AMD Ryzen Z1

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) with 12-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen Z1 with 6-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between Z1 and (X1E-80-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 integrated graphics: 3.7 vs 1.3 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 6 months later
  • 22% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2792 vs 2290 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Z1
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 23% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4 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 Scores (#176th 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 1008.9 MB/sec
Clang compilation 135.5 Klines/sec 59.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 363.5 pages/sec 184.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 357.9 Mpixels/sec 208.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 256.6 pages/sec 249.2 pages/sec
Background blur 63.4 images/sec 42.3 images/sec
Photo processing 128.1 images/sec 74.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.9 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 10 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 65.1 GOps/sec 58 GOps/sec
Floating point math 98.2 GOps/sec 35.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 291M Primes/sec 65M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 24.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.3 GBytes/sec 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 224.2 MBytes/sec 206.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1664 Frames/sec 925 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.3B Matrices/sec 15.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 568 & 65 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 26.5 PPW 17.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 416.7 PPW 295.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 653.8 PPW 608.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.86 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-80-100)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-21 (Heisemerie)Geekbench 6 CPU2831 / 14992
AMD Ryzen Z1
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) and AMD Ryzen Z1

General

Vendor Qualcomm Amd
Released October 24, 2023 April 25, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number X1E-80-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Radeon 740M
Rival Equivalent - Apple M4 (8-Core) -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#99th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4 GHz 4.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 32x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 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 FP7
Peak Temperature - 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (77th and 179th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 2500 MHz
Shading Units 1536 256
TMUs 96 16
ROPs 48 8
Execution Units 6 4
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.7-4.6 TFLOPS
1.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135.2 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) official page AMD Ryzen Z1 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 20

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