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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100
The Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100 is a 12-core Qualcomm Oryon laptop SoC on a 4 nm process, with up to 3.4 GHz on all cores and a 4.0 GHz dual-core boost. It pairs an Adreno X1-85 GPU rated at 3.8 TFLOPS with a 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU for Windows on Arm Copilot+ PCs.
Pros
- 12 Oryon cores with up to 3.4 GHz on all cores and a 4.0 GHz dual-core boost
- 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU for on-device AI features in Copilot+ PCs
- Geekbench 6 scores of about 2,800 single-core and 14,200 multi-core in review testing of a retail laptop
- Supports up to 64 GB of LPDDR5X-8448 memory with 135 GB/s of bandwidth
- Platform supports Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, USB4 and up to three external UHD monitors
Cons
- Adreno X1-85 graphics scored about 1,680 in 3DMark Time Spy Graphics in review testing, behind the Radeon 780M and Intel Arc iGPUs in the same comparison
- x86 applications run through emulation on Windows on Arm, which carries a performance penalty
- Below the X1E-84-100 in the same family: 3.8 TFLOPS GPU versus 4.6 TFLOPS, and a 4.0 GHz dual-core boost versus 4.2 GHz
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100
General
- Announced
- 2024
- Process
- 4 nm
- Max TDP
- 80 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 12
- Performance cores
- 12
- Threads
- 12
- Base clock
- 3.4 GHz
- Boost clock
- 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)
- 2,805Top 29%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 14,234Top 30%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,321Bottom 15%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 10,028Bottom 35%
- PassMark
- 22,877Top 44%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 3,220Bottom 29%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 1,678Top 48%
Devices with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100
6 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100 good in 2026?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100 earns an Inno Score of 55.8/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100 is a 12-core Qualcomm Oryon laptop SoC on a 4 nm process, with up to 3.4 GHz on all cores and a 4.0 GHz dual-core boost. It pairs an Adreno X1-85 GPU rated at 3.8 TFLOPS with a 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU for Windows on Arm Copilot+ PCs.
Does the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100 count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 22,877 (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-80-100?
6 devices in our catalog use the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100: Surface Pro 13-inch (11th Edition), HP Googlebook 14, Dell XPS Googlebook, Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 (15-inch), Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge 14, and more.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100?
Cores: 12 · Threads: 12 · Boost clock: 4 GHz
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core Ultra 5 228V, AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS, AMD Ryzen 9 270 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
