Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) vs Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100)

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 Plus (X1P-64-100) with 10-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 (X1P-64-100) and (X1P-42-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
  • Newer - released 5 months later
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100)
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 integrated graphics: 3.7 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • 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 Scores (#193rd place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1000 MB/sec 1090 MB/sec
Clang compilation 92.2 Klines/sec 119.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.3 pages/sec 337.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 297 Mpixels/sec 376.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 225.8 pages/sec 227 pages/sec
Background blur 51.3 images/sec 58.2 images/sec
Photo processing 111.3 images/sec 112.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.7 Mpixels/sec 19.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 40.8 GOps/sec 53.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62 GOps/sec 81.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 205M Primes/sec 266M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.9M Strings/sec 30.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.5 GBytes/sec 13.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 180.1 MBytes/sec 210.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1384 Frames/sec 1789 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.9B Matrices/sec 14.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 198 & 181 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 23.5 PPW 24.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 376.5 PPW 380.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 597.1 PPW 611.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.93 PPW 6.31 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-42-100) and Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100)

General

Vendor Qualcomm Qualcomm
Released September 4, 2024 April 24, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Snapdragon X Snapdragon X
Model number X1P-42-100 X1P-64-100
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
Rival Equivalent - Apple M2 - Apple M3

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 10
P-Threads 8 10
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 8 10
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 45 W
Socket Custom Custom
Die Size - 172.7 mm²
Laptop processors ranking (139th and 112th 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

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8448 - LPDDR5X-8448
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
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 Plus (X1P-64-100) official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 12

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
16 (51.6%)
15 (48.4%)
Total votes: 31

Comments

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