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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Intel Core i9 12900H

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
55 out of 100
Intel Core i9 12900H
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Intel Core i9 12900H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i9 12900H with 14-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 12900H and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1 integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 2.2 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2397 points
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900H
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 19% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 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 i9 12900H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (107th and 157th 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 898.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 97.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 270 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 325.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 248.3 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 52.7 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 94.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 23.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 626 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 91.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 66 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 104M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 34.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 18 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 308.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 1700 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 18.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 3998 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 21.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 265.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 591 PPW
Blender / Watt - 4.67 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
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Intel Core i9 12900H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-21 (Robert L)Cinebench 2024104 / 765
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-02 (Toksik Vegeta)Cinebench 2024107 / 984
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Intel Core i9 12900H

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 i9-12900H
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Intel CPU rating (#115th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (E) - 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.8 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 14
Total Threads 12 20
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 25x
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 - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 152nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 1536 768
TMUs 96 48
ROPs 48 24
Execution Units 6 96
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) +109%
4.6 TFLOPS
Core i9 12900H
2.2 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to Adreno X1-85

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 i9 12900H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 28

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
4 (66.7%)
2 (33.3%)
Total votes: 6

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Comments

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