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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
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71 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

We compared two 12-core CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) (laptop) against the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7900X (desktop). 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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7900X 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
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • 33% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
vs
Ryzen 9 7900X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (107th and 65th 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 1810 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 175.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 360.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 535.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 299.8 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 52.2 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 121.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 39.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 1096 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 168.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 103.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 389M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 74.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 37.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 629.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 3046 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 47.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 9482 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 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 107.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 301.3 PPW
Blender / Watt - 2.47 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 9 7900X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (afroman420IU)Cinebench 2024110 / 1302
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-11 (JDM)Cinebench 2024134 / 1165
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-27 (Avvy)Geekbench 6 CPU3320 / 14480
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-20 (Kev)Cinebench 2024120 / 1541
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-18 (NotHere3573)Cinebench 2024119 / 1550
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

General

Vendor Qualcomm Amd
Released October 24, 2023 September 29, 2022
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 i9 13900K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#21st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 12
P-Threads 12 24
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 5.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 12
Total Threads 12 24
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 47x
L1 Cache - 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.14 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 170 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W 230 W
Socket Custom AM5
Peak Temperature - 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#39th 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
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) +667%
4.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7900X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 192 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 9 7900X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 28

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