Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Intel Core i7 11800H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 1.9-2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 11800H 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 11800H 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
  • Around 83.8 GB/s (164%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years and 6 months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 47% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 1962 points
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11800H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 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 2026 (Single) - 392
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1974
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 765.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 64.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 189.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 281.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 186.6 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 37.7 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 78.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 15.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 699 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 70.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 41.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 83M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 28M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 12 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 233.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 919 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 15.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 12773 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 11.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 199.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 435.4 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.44 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 11800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 202487 / 667
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 20260 / 0
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (peppew517)Geekbench 6 CPU2193 / 10451
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (MSI)Cinebench 2026392 / 1974
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (SMS)Geekbench 6 CPU2006 / 9389

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Intel Core i7 11800H

General

Vendor Qualcomm Intel
Released October 24, 2023 May 11, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Tiger Lake
Model number X1E-84-100 i7-11800H
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (#194th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 1.9-2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 19-23x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache - 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache - 24MB (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 -
Socket Custom BGA-1787
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
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
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 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) official page Intel Core i7 11800H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 20

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Comments

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