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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7730U with 8-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 7730U and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1 integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 42% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2027 points
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
vs
Ryzen 7 7730U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#107th place)
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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 1150 MB/sec 781.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 69 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 163.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 217.6 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 35.8 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 64.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 17.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 1141 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 71.9 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 36.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 42M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 22.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 13.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 213 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 701 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 13.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 2990 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 34.9 PPW 40.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 565.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 1131.6 PPW
Blender / Watt - 8.74 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 X Elite (X1E-84-100)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Eggburt)Cinebench 2024127 / 794
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AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (johnson nick)Geekbench 6 CPU1848 / 6099
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

General

Vendor Qualcomm Amd
Released October 24, 2023 January 5, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number X1E-84-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - Intel Core i7 1360P
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#131st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 20x
L1 Cache - 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom FP6
Peak Temperature - 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 1536 512
TMUs 96 32
ROPs 48 8
Execution Units 6 8
TGP 30 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) official page AMD Ryzen 7 7730U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 20

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Comments

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