Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100) vs Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100) with 18-cores against the 3.0 GHz Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) with 8-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 X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100)
- Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-9523 RAM
- More powerful Adreno X2-90 integrated graphics: 7.6 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
- Has 10 more physical cores
- Newer - released 9 months later
- Around 93 GB/s (69%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 72% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3662 vs 2125 points
- Has 3 MB larger L3 cache size
- More modern manufacturing process โ 3 versus 4 nanometers
- Newer PCI Express version โ 5.0
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 7218 | - |
Cinebench Scores (#52nd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1950 MB/sec | 985.1 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 224 Klines/sec | 83.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 540.6 pages/sec | 271 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 611.3 Mpixels/sec | 299.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 312.9 pages/sec | 197.2 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 76.5 images/sec | 47.5 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 195.9 images/sec | 106.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 38.6 Mpixels/sec | 13.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 38.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 57.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 190M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 22.9M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 9.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 165.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 1329 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 11B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 25.1 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 423.8 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 657.1 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 6.19 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100)
No benchmark results yet
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-06-14 -> deadlinepl | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2116 / 10360 |
| ๐ 2025-11-25 (Ryzen) | Cinebench 2024 | 96 / 628 |
| ๐ 2025-03-18 (Rennsport) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2134 / 10544 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100) and Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)General
| Vendor | Qualcomm | Qualcomm |
| Released | September 25, 2025 | January 7, 2025 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Snapdragon X | Snapdragon X |
| Model number | X2-94-100 | X1-26-100 |
| Integrated GPU | Adreno X2-90 | Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Apple M4 (10-Core) | - Apple M2 |
CPU
| P-Cores | 18 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 18 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.7 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 18 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 36x | 30x |
| L1 Cache | 288K (per core) | 288K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (per core) | 12MB (shared) |
| L3 Cache | 9MB (shared) | 6MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 25 W |
| Socket | Custom | Custom |
| Peak Temperature | 100ยฐC | - |
| Die Size | 220 mmยฒ | - |
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iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Adreno X2-90 | Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 280 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1850 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 768 |
| TMUs | 128 | 48 |
| ROPs | 64 | 24 |
| Execution Units | 12 | 3 |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Adreno X1-45 compared to Adreno X2-90
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9523 | - LPDDR5X-8448 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 10 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 228 GB/s | 135 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100) official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 12 | 12 |
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