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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Intel Core i7 13620H

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13620H
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Intel Core i7 13620H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13620H 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 13620H and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1 integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2494 points
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13620H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 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 i7 13620H

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 1100 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 86.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 293.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 338.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 251.9 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 52.1 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 107.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 20 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 978 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 79.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 58.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 94M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 28.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 15 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 270 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 1561 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 16.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 7401 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 18.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 273.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 516.7 PPW
Blender / Watt - 4.12 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 i7 13620H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Texar)Cinebench 2026531 / 1297
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 (kam)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 13329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Sus Go0d)Geekbench 6 CPU2523 / 11616
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 CPU2644 / 11794
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Cinebench 2024113 / 914
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Intel Core i7 13620H

General

Vendor Qualcomm Intel
Released October 24, 2023 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Raptor Lake
Model number X1E-84-100 i7-13620H
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 UHD Graphics (64EU)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
Successor - - Intel Core 7 240H
Intel CPU rating (#122nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 10
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 24x
L1 Cache - 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 2MB (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 - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 161st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 1536 512
TMUs 96 32
ROPs 48 16
Execution Units 6 64
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) +207%
4.6 TFLOPS
Core i7 13620H
1.5 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics (64 EU) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 96 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 13620H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 28

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Choose between two processors
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Total votes: 29

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Comments

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