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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Intel Core i5 12600K

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
56 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12600K
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Intel Core i5 12600K

We compared two CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) (laptop) with 12-cores against the 3.7 GHz Intel Core i5 12600K (desktop) with 10-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 12600K and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1 integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Around 58.2 GB/s (76%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2547 points
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12600K
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 17% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 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 12600K

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (107th and 167th 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 822.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 98.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 261.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 347.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 258.5 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 58.9 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 103.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 22.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 768 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 87.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 67.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 90M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 35.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 18.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 342.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 1515 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 22B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 7007 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 7.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 97.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 220.1 PPW
Blender / Watt - 1.88 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 12600K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (Jin)Cinebench 2024108 / 910
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (Jin)Cinebench 2024108 / 906
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-20 (Kierannosaurus)Geekbench 6 CPU2668 / 12254
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-20 (Kierannosaurus)Cinebench 2024118 / 1041
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-05 (Kierannosaurus)Cinebench 2024115 / 1017
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Intel Core i5 12600K

General

Vendor Qualcomm Intel
Released October 24, 2023 October 27, 2021
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Alder Lake
Model number X1E-84-100 i5-12600K
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
Intel CPU rating (#96th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 10
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 37x
L1 Cache - 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 9728K (shared)
L3 Cache - 20MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W 150 W
Socket Custom LGA-1700
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#86th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 1536 256
TMUs 96 16
ROPs 48 8
Execution Units 6 32
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) +557%
4.6 TFLOPS
Core i5 12600K
0.7 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 770 compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) official page Intel Core i5 12600K official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 20

Cast your vote

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Total votes: 16

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Comments

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