Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) vs Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) with 8-cores against the 3.4 GHz Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
- Newer - released 11 months later
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
- More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 integrated graphics: 3.7 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
- Has 4 more physical cores
- 18% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4 GHz vs 3.4 GHz)
- 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2792 vs 2419 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#176th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1000 MB/sec | 1150 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 92.2 Klines/sec | 135.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 270.3 pages/sec | 363.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 297 Mpixels/sec | 357.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 225.8 pages/sec | 256.6 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 51.3 images/sec | 63.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 111.3 images/sec | 128.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 13.7 Mpixels/sec | 23.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 40.8 GOps/sec | 65.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 62 GOps/sec | 98.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 205M Primes/sec | 291M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 24.9M Strings/sec | 34M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 10.5 GBytes/sec | 14.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 180.1 MBytes/sec | 224.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1384 Frames/sec | 1664 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 11.9B Matrices/sec | 15.3B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 23.5 PPW | 26.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 376.5 PPW | 416.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 597.1 PPW | 653.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 5.93 PPW | 6.86 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
No benchmark results yet
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-06-21 (Heisemerie) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2831 / 14992 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) and Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)General
| Vendor | Qualcomm | Qualcomm |
| Released | September 4, 2024 | October 24, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Snapdragon X | Snapdragon X |
| Model number | X1P-42-100 | X1E-80-100 |
| Integrated GPU | Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 | Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Apple M2 | - Apple M4 (8-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 12 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 3.4 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 8 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 32x | 34x |
| L1 Cache | 288K (per core) | 288K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 12MB (per core) | 12MB (shared) |
| L3 Cache | 6MB (shared) | 6MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | 35 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 35 W | 80 W |
| Socket | Custom | Custom |
Laptop processors ranking (139th and 77th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 | Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 |
| GPU Base Clock | 280 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1107 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Shading Units | 768 | 1536 |
| TMUs | 48 | 96 |
| ROPs | 24 | 48 |
| Execution Units | 3 | 6 |
| TGP | - | 30 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Adreno X1-85 compared to Adreno X1-45
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8448 | - LPDDR5x-8448 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 135 GB/s | 135.2 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 12 | 12 |
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