Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Intel Core i7 12650H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12650H with 10-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 12650H and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1 integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • 26% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2293 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12650H
  • 12% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 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 786 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 76 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 237.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 302.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 234.7 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 47.2 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 88.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 17.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 10 & 1022 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 71.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 53.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 88M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 26M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 13.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 241.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 1374 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 15B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 21 & 4012 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 16 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 231.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 472.9 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.52 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
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Eggburt)Cinebench 2024127 / 794
Intel Core i7 12650H
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Intel Core i7 12650H

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 i7-12650H
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 UHD Graphics (64EU)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Intel CPU rating (#156th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 10
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 23x
L1 Cache - 80K (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 115 W
Socket Custom BGA-1744
Peak Temperature - 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1400 MHz
Shading Units 1536 512
TMUs 96 32
ROPs 48 16
Execution Units 6 64
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.4 TFLOPS

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 i7 12650H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 28

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