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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
The affordable Snapdragon X Elite. All 12 Oryon cores are present and run at 3.4GHz, but there is no dual-core boost and the Adreno GPU runs slower, so it lands below the X1E-84-100 while keeping the same all-day battery story.
Pros
- Twelve Oryon cores with excellent performance per watt
- Battery life measured in days of light use
- 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU exceeds Copilot+ requirements
- Cheapest route into an X Elite laptop
- Fanless designs are practical at this power level
Cons
- No dual-core boost, so peak single-thread trails other X Elite parts
- Windows on Arm app emulation still has gaps
- Gaming compatibility is limited
- Slower Adreno clocks than the X1E-84-100
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 4 nm
- Base TDP
- 23 W
- Max TDP
- 80 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 12
- Performance cores
- 12
- Threads
- 12
- Base clock
- 3.4 GHz
- Boost clock
- 3.4 GHz
- L3 cache
- 6 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
- iGPU clock
- 1,250 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-8448
- Max memory
- 64 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,441Bottom 40%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 14,041Top 32%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,124Bottom 8%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 9,854Bottom 32%
- PassMark
- 22,695Top 44%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 3,139Bottom 25%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 1,616Top 49%
Devices with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
5 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100 good in 2026?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100 earns an Inno Score of 52.4/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The affordable Snapdragon X Elite. All 12 Oryon cores are present and run at 3.4GHz, but there is no dual-core boost and the Adreno GPU runs slower, so it lands below the X1E-84-100 while keeping the same all-day battery story.
Does the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100 count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 22,695 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26–Oct 8, 2026), which puts it in Tier A of our CPU tier checker: current Core i7 H / Core Ultra 7 / Ryzen 7 class and above. It is an Arm-based chip, so a requirement that asks specifically for an Intel or AMD (x86-64) processor excludes it. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
Which devices use the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100?
5 devices in our catalog use the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100: Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x, Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11), ASUS Vivobook S 15 OLED (Snapdragon X Elite), HP OmniBook X 14, Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 (Snapdragon).
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100?
Cores: 12 · Threads: 12 · Boost clock: 3.4 GHz · Base TDP: 23 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core i7-1360P, Intel Core Ultra 7 155U, AMD Ryzen 5 240 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
