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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
The 8-core Snapdragon X Plus is the budget entry point of Qualcomm's original Windows-on-Arm lineup, launched in late 2024 for laptops priced from roughly $550 to $950. It keeps the 45 TOPS NPU and long battery life of its siblings but pairs them with a much weaker Adreno X1-45 GPU and no boost beyond 3.4GHz.
Pros
- 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU meets Copilot+ AI requirements
- Long battery life typical of the Snapdragon X platform
- Single-thread performance keeps pace with mid-range x86 laptop chips in review testing
- Fits thin, light and fanless laptop designs at up to 30W
- Brought Windows-on-Arm laptops down to sub-$600 price points
Cons
- Adreno X1-45 GPU trails the flagship X1-85 badly, good for only older or lightweight games
- No per-core boost beyond 3.4GHz, dropping to 3.2GHz under full multi-core load
- x86 emulation gaps persist in some games and utilities
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
General
- Announced
- 2024
- Process
- 4 nm
- Base TDP
- 15 W
- Max TDP
- 30 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 8
- Performance cores
- 8
- Threads
- 8
- Base clock
- 3.2 GHz
- Boost clock
- 3.4 GHz
- L3 cache
- 6 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
- iGPU clock
- 1,250 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-8448
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,408Bottom 43%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 11,303Bottom 51%
- PassMark
- 17,824Bottom 42%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 918Bottom 34%
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 good in 2026?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 earns an Inno Score of 50.6/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The 8-core Snapdragon X Plus is the budget entry point of Qualcomm's original Windows-on-Arm lineup, launched in late 2024 for laptops priced from roughly $550 to $950. It keeps the 45 TOPS NPU and long battery life of its siblings but pairs them with a much weaker Adreno X1-45 GPU and no boost beyond 3.4GHz.
Does the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 17,824 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier B of our CPU tier checker: recent mainstream Core i7 / Ryzen 7, plus older H-series chips. 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.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100?
Cores: 8 · Threads: 8 · Boost clock: 3.4 GHz · Base TDP: 15 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 7 6800H, Apple M2 (8-core), Intel Core i5-1335U — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
