Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100) vs Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100) with 18-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

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 (X1E-80-100) and (X2E-88-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100)
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-9523 RAM
  • More powerful Adreno X2-90 integrated graphics: 7 vs 3.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 3 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3577 vs 2792 points
  • 18% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4 GHz)
  • Around 16.8 GB/s (12%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench Scores (75th and 176th 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 1570 MB/sec 1150 MB/sec
Clang compilation 206.1 Klines/sec 135.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 479.6 pages/sec 363.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 637.3 Mpixels/sec 357.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 307.8 pages/sec 256.6 pages/sec
Background blur 72.9 images/sec 63.4 images/sec
Photo processing 151.8 images/sec 128.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 34.3 Mpixels/sec 23.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math - 65.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 98.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 291M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 34M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 14.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 224.2 MBytes/sec
Physics - 1664 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 15.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 568 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 22.6 PPW 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 295.6 PPW 416.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 570.5 PPW 653.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.01 PPW 6.86 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100)
No benchmark results yet
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-21 (Heisemerie)Geekbench 6 CPU2831 / 14992

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100) and Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)

General

Vendor Qualcomm Qualcomm
Released September 25, 2025 October 24, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Snapdragon X
Model number X2E-88-100 X1E-80-100
Integrated GPU Adreno X2-90 Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
Rival Equivalent - - Apple M4 (8-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 18 12
P-Threads 18 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 18 12
Total Threads 18 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 34x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 288K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 9MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 35 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 80 W
Socket Custom Custom
Peak Temperature 100°C -
Die Size 220 mm² -
Laptop processors ranking (14th and 77th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Adreno X2-90 Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1700 MHz 1250 MHz
Shading Units 2048 1536
TMUs 128 96
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 12 6
TGP - 30 W
iGPU FLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9523 - LPDDR5x-8448
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 152 GB/s 135.2 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100) official page Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 12

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