Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100) vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100) with 10-cores against the 1.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 125U with 12-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 125U and (X1P-64-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100)
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 integrated graphics: 3.7 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Around 45.6 GB/s (51%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2412 vs 2113 points
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores

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 (#193rd 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 1090 MB/sec 958.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 119.5 Klines/sec 65.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 337.1 pages/sec 223.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 376.7 Mpixels/sec 243.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 227 pages/sec 213.2 pages/sec
Background blur 58.2 images/sec 40.3 images/sec
Photo processing 112.1 images/sec 93.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.9 Mpixels/sec 13.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 18 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 53.6 GOps/sec 55.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 81.3 GOps/sec 40.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 266M Primes/sec 64M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 30.9M Strings/sec 20.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.1 GBytes/sec 11.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 210.7 MBytes/sec 188.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1789 Frames/sec 1063 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.5B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 181 & 2202 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 24.4 PPW 41.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 380.1 PPW 761.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 611.4 PPW 1396.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.31 PPW 9.14 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100) and Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

General

Vendor Qualcomm Intel
Released April 24, 2024 December 14, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Meteor Lake
Model number X1P-64-100 125U
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 - AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
Intel CPU rating (#169th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 2
P-Threads 10 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 1.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 10
E-Threads - 10
Base Frequency (E) - 0.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 12
Total Threads 10 14
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 13x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 12 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 45 W 57 W
Socket Custom FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature - 110°C
Die Size 172.7 mm² -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1850 MHz
Shading Units 1536 512
TMUs 96 32
ROPs 48 16
Execution Units 6 64
TGP 30 W 14 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.7-4.6 TFLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8448 - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135.2 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100) official page Intel Core Ultra 5 125U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 20

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Comments

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