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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
74 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 2.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX with 16-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 7945HX 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 10 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 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
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
vs
Ryzen 9 7945HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (107th and 41st 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 1590 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 190.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 320.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 474.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 296.8 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 43 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 677 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 205.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 122.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 280M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 81.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 42.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 699.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 2450 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 51.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 2890 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 24.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 237.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 718.9 PPW
Blender / Watt - 6.3 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 7945HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Qwerrty574)Geekbench 6 CPU2949 / 17981
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Qwerrty574)Cinebench 2024116 / 1901
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-02 (ceratogyrus35)Cinebench 2024114 / 1834
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-18 (Baka)Cinebench 2024112 / 1552
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

General

Vendor Qualcomm Amd
Released October 24, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number X1E-84-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - Intel Core i9 13950HX
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#24th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 16
P-Threads 12 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 16
Total Threads 12 32
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 25x
L1 Cache - 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 55-75 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom FL1
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 36th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Radeon 610M
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 7945HX
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) official page AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 28

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
1 (6.7%)
14 (93.3%)
Total votes: 15

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Comments

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