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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Intel Core i5 12500H

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12500H
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Intel Core i5 12500H

We compared two 12-core laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) against the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12500H. 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 12500H and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1 integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • 32% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2180 points
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • 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
Core i5 12500H

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 867.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 62.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 235.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 291 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 231.7 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 37.7 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 96.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 13.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 1034 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 70.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 51.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 56M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 27.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 14.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 248.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 1002 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 14.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 5384 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 16.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 211.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 450 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.4 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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Intel Core i5 12500H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 (Ryoji)Cinebench 2026516 / 2644
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 (Ryoji)Cinebench 202498 / 660
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-17 (Thien)Cinebench 202499 / 821
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-02 (Praheg)Cinebench 202497 / 748
πŸ“˜ 2024-09-21 (uqi)Cinebench 202492 / 527
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Intel Core i5 12500H

General

Vendor Qualcomm Intel
Released October 24, 2023 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Alder Lake
Model number X1E-84-100 i5-12500H
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro -
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Intel CPU rating (#161st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (E) - 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 12
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 25x
L1 Cache - 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache - 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W 95 W
Socket Custom BGA-1744
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 1536 640
TMUs 96 40
ROPs 48 20
Execution Units 6 80
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) +171%
4.6 TFLOPS
Core i5 12500H
1.7 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
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 Intel Core i5 12500H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 28

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
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Total votes: 46

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 12500H or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)?
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