Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Intel Core i9 14900K

We compared two CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) (laptop) with 12-cores against the 3.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900K (desktop) with 24-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 14900K and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1 integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Around 45.4 GB/s (51%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900K
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • 43% higher Turbo Boost frequency (6 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3171 vs 2880 points

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 and 17th 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 1940 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 194.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 589.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 638.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 318.7 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 71.7 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 191.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 41.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 644 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 209.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 152.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 228M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 86.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 46.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 785.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 3098 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 44.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 13248 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 16.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 181 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 466 PPW
Blender / Watt - 4.1 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 i9 14900K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Geekbench 6 CPU2993 / 18135
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Geekbench 7 CPU2611 / 21934
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Cinebench 2026543 / 8307
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-24 (Tanvir)Cinebench 2024129 / 2086
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-31 (Kreuz)Cinebench 2024128 / 1976

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Intel Core i9 14900K

General

Vendor Qualcomm Intel
Released October 24, 2023 October 16, 2023
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number X1E-84-100 i9-14900K
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Intel CPU rating (#7th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 16
E-Threads - 16
Base Frequency (E) - 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 24
Total Threads 12 32
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 32x
L1 Cache - 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 36MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W 253 W
Socket Custom LGA-1700
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#13th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1650 MHz
Shading Units 1536 256
TMUs 96 16
ROPs 48 8
Execution Units 6 32
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) official page Intel Core i9 14900K official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 20

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