Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) vs Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) 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
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-96-100)
- Newer - released 2 years later
- More powerful Adreno X2-90 integrated graphics: 7.6 vs 3.7 TFLOPS
- Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-9523 RAM
- Around 92.8 GB/s (69%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Has 3 MB larger L3 cache size
- 43% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4004 vs 2792 points
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
- 25% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4 GHz)
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (27th and 176th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 2070 MB/sec | 1150 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 224.4 Klines/sec | 135.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 599.6 pages/sec | 363.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 668.6 Mpixels/sec | 357.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 328 pages/sec | 256.6 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 82.4 images/sec | 63.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 210.7 images/sec | 128.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 38.9 Mpixels/sec | 23.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 112.4 GOps/sec | 65.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 138.8 GOps/sec | 98.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 357M Primes/sec | 291M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 58.1M Strings/sec | 34M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 26.6 GBytes/sec | 14.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 381 MBytes/sec | 224.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2130 Frames/sec | 1664 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 20B Matrices/sec | 15.3B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 20.5 PPW | 26.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 240.6 PPW | 416.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 653.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 6.86 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-96-100)
No benchmark results yet
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-21 (Heisemerie) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2831 / 14992 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) 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-96-100 | X1E-80-100 |
| Integrated GPU | Adreno X2-90 | Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) | - Apple M4 (8-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 18 | 12 |
| P-Threads | 18 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 18 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 36x | 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) | 96 W | 35 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 80 W |
| Socket | Custom | Custom |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | - |
| Die Size | 220 mm² | - |
Laptop processors ranking (5th and 77th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Adreno X2-90 | Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1850 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 1536 |
| TMUs | 128 | 96 |
| ROPs | 64 | 48 |
| Execution Units | 12 | 6 |
| TGP | - | 30 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Adreno X1-85 compared to Adreno X2-90
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9523 | - LPDDR5x-8448 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 10 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 228 GB/s | 135.2 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) 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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