Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Intel Core i7 11700K

We compared two CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) (laptop) with 12-cores against the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i7 11700K (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
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 11700K 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 14 nanometers
  • Around 85 GB/s (170%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 2 years and 8 months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2372 points
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11700K
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 19% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

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 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 829.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 85.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 211.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 338.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 227.4 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 52.3 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 18.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 1062 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 86.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 51.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 66M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 36.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 15.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 321.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 1030 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 22.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 6143 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 34.9 PPW 6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 85 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 194.5 PPW
Blender / Watt - 1.67 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
Intel Core i7 11700K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-12 (TheGoodOldChipsGERMANY)Cinebench 202499 / 867
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-14 (Aaron esxboi)Cinebench 202492 / 745
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-03 (Sierra)Cinebench 202467 / 557
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-26 (Guest #3)Cinebench 202495 / 767
πŸ“˜ 2024-04-03 (Bryan Santiago)Cinebench 202490 / 775

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Intel Core i7 11700K

General

Vendor Qualcomm Intel
Released October 24, 2023 March 16, 2021
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Rocket Lake
Model number X1E-84-100 i7-11700K
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 UHD Graphics 750
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel CPU rating (#146th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 36x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache - 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom LGA-1200
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#105th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Intel UHD Graphics 750
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 1536 256
TMUs 96 64
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 6 32
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.7 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 50 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) official page Intel Core i7 11700K official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 20

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