Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100) vs Intel Core Ultra 7 365

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 365 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 365 and (X2E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100)
  • More powerful Adreno X2-85 integrated graphics: 7 vs 2.6 TFLOPS
  • Around 62.4 GB/s (70%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 30% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3633 vs 2799 points
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 365
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 3 nanometers
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 648 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4609 -
Cinebench Scores (#107th 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 - 1110 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 67.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 304.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 315.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 288 pages/sec
Background blur - 52.1 images/sec
Photo processing - 119.6 images/sec
Ray tracing - 15.8 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 72.6 GOps/sec 45.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 85.5 GOps/sec 62.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 257M Primes/sec 191M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 45M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 15.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 306.7 MBytes/sec 186.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1792 Frames/sec 1918 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16B Matrices/sec 17.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]2 & 242 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 - 31 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt - 464.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 825.7 PPW
Blender / Watt - 5.1 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-84-100) and Intel Core Ultra 7 365

General

Vendor Qualcomm Intel
Released September 25, 2025 January 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Panther Lake
Model number X2E-84-100 365
Integrated GPU Adreno X2-85 Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 7 260
Intel CPU rating (#76th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 24x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache - 2560K (per core)
L3 Cache - 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 2 nm
TDP (PL1) - 15-25 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 55 W
Socket Custom FCBGA2540
Peak Temperature - 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (21st and 86th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Adreno X2-85 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1700 MHz 2500 MHz
Shading Units 2048 512
TMUs 128 32
ROPs 64 16
Execution Units 12 4
TGP - 25 W
iGPU FLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9523 - LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 152 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100) official page Intel Core Ultra 7 365 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 12

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