Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
2008
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
1712
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
35391
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
13072
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
135
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
123
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
2026
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
928
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
3310
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
23242
Integer Mathn/a65.9 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a99.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a302 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a34.8 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a14.6 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a223.1 MB/s
Physicsn/a1689 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a158 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
3112
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
2792
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
21839
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
14584
File Compressionn/a1150 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a135.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a363.5 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a357.9 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a256.6 pages/s
Background Blurn/a63.4 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a128.1 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a23.9 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 397.1 PPW 416.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 664.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 36.8 PPW 26.5 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Qualcomm
Announced January, 6, 2025 October, 24, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Arrow Lake Snapdragon X
Model number 285HX X1E-80-100
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Qualcomm Adreno X1-85

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 12
Threads 8 12
Frequency 2.8 GHz 3.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.5 GHz 4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores16n/a
Threads16n/a
Frequency2.1 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.6 GHzn/a
General
Cores count2412
Threads count2412
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier28x34x
L1 cache112 KB/core96 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core12 KB/core
L3 Cache36 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 45-55 W 35 W
Max TDP (Boost) 160 W 45 W
Socket FCBGA-2114 Custom
Critical temp. 105 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-6400 LPDDR5x-8448
Max Size 192 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 8
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 135 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 12

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX the clear winner in this comparison.

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