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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100) vs Intel Core 9 270H

83 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100)
VS
60 out of 100
Intel Core 9 270H
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100)
Intel Core 9 270H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100) with 18-cores against the 2.7 GHz Intel Core 9 270H with 14-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 270H and (X2E-88-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100)
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Adreno X2-90 integrated graphics: 7 vs 2.4 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 9 months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-9523 RAM
  • 34% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3577 vs 2662 points
Advantages of Intel Core 9 270H
  • Has 15 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 23% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.8 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100)
vs
Core 9 270H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 1570 MB/sec 1200 MB/sec
Clang compilation 206.1 Klines/sec 95.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 479.6 pages/sec 354.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 637.3 Mpixels/sec 393 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 307.8 pages/sec 240.5 pages/sec
Background blur 72.9 images/sec 51.6 images/sec
Photo processing 151.8 images/sec 121.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 34.3 Mpixels/sec 20.7 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 - 96 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 69.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 110M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 36.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 18.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 327.6 MBytes/sec
Physics - 1939 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 19.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 54 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 22.6 PPW 20.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 295.6 PPW 294.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 570.5 PPW 627.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.01 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100) and Intel Core 9 270H

General

Vendor Qualcomm Intel
Released September 25, 2025 December 18, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Raptor Lake
Model number X2E-88-100 270H
Integrated GPU Adreno X2-90 Iris Xe Graphics (69EU)
Intel CPU rating (#81st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 18 6
P-Threads 18 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (E) - 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 18 14
Total Threads 18 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 27x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 9MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 115 W
Socket Custom BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Die Size 220 mm² -
Laptop processors ranking (14th and 99th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Adreno X2-90 Intel Iris Xe Graphics (69EU)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1700 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 2048 768
TMUs 128 48
ROPs 64 24
Execution Units 12 96
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100) +192%
7 TFLOPS
Core 9 270H
2.4 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to Adreno X2-90

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9523 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 152 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100) official page Intel Core 9 270H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 28

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Comments

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