Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X

We compared two CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) (laptop) with 12-cores against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X (desktop) 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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1 integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • 29% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0

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 Scores (107th and 101st 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 1150 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec -
Background blur 67.7 images/sec -
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec -
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 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 71.9 GOps/sec 41.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 25.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 4.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 185.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 813 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 15.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 21 samples

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 34.9 PPW 12.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW -
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 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
📘 2025-10-24 (Eggburt)Cinebench 2024127 / 794
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X

General

Vendor Qualcomm Amd
Released October 24, 2023 January 10, 2023
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number X1E-84-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - Intel Core i7 13700K
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#43rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 45x
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 40MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom AM5
Peak Temperature - 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#58th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 1536 128
TMUs 96 8
ROPs 48 4
Execution Units 6 2
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s -
ECC Support No -

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 28
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X:
    - This CPU was never released for the retail market.

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