Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-66-100) vs Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-66-100) with 10-cores against the 3.2 GHz Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) with 8-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-42-100) and (X1P-66-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-66-100)
  • More powerful Adreno X1-85 integrated graphics: 3.7 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 18% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4 GHz vs 3.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors

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 - 1000 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 92.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 270.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 297 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 225.8 pages/sec
Background blur - 51.3 images/sec
Photo processing - 111.3 images/sec
Ray tracing - 13.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1]

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 40.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 81.3 GOps/sec 62 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 266M Primes/sec 205M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 30.9M Strings/sec 24.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.1 GBytes/sec 10.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 210.7 MBytes/sec 180.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1789 Frames/sec 1384 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.5B Matrices/sec 11.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 181 & 198 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 23.6 PPW 23.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 385.7 PPW 376.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 611.4 PPW 597.1 PPW
Blender / Watt - 5.93 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-66-100) and Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)

General

Vendor Qualcomm Qualcomm
Released September 4, 2024 September 4, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Snapdragon X Snapdragon X
Model number X1P-66-100 X1P-42-100
Integrated GPU Adreno X1-85 Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 - Apple M2

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 8
P-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 10 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x 32x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 288K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 30 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 35 W
Socket Custom Custom
Laptop processors ranking (99th and 139th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Adreno X1-85 Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 280 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1107 MHz
Shading Units 1536 768
TMUs 96 48
ROPs 48 24
Execution Units 6 3
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 135.2 GB/s 135 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-66-100) official page Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 12

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Choose between two processors
2 (25%)
6 (75%)
Total votes: 8

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) or Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-66-100)?
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