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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
69 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 2.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 285H with 16-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 285H and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 2 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 29% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
vs
Core Ultra 9 285H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 506
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4879
Cinebench Scores (107th and 123rd 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 1510 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 129.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 425.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 522.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 309.2 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 73.9 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 159.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 26.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 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 86 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 109.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 330M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 41M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 26.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 336.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 2512 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 26.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 2125 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 24.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 381.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 759.8 PPW
Blender / Watt - 4.56 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 Ultra 9 285H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-16 (AsNapur)Geekbench 6 CPU2756 / 16837
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-16 (AsNapur)Cinebench 2024122 / 1126
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-31 (Adi)Cinebench 2024114 / 804
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-19 (JacoIsHere)Geekbench 6 CPU2868 / 14847
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-07 (Himmanshu Chowdhury)Cinebench 2024117 / 1122
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

General

Vendor Qualcomm Intel
Released October 24, 2023 January 6, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Arrow Lake
Model number X1E-84-100 285H
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Arc Graphics 140T
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
Intel CPU rating (#46th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 6
P-Threads 12 6
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 10
E-Threads - 10
Base Frequency (E) - 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 4.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 16
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 29x
L1 Cache - 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W 115 W
Socket Custom FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature - 110Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 58th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Arc Graphics 140T
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 2350 MHz
Shading Units 1536 1024
TMUs 96 64
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 6 8
TGP 30 W 35 W
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Arc 140T compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 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 Ultra 9 285H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 28

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
6 (24%)
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Total votes: 25

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)?
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