Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100), vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
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)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
1744
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
1541
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
14502
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
11838
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
128
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
92
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
970
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
607
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
3928
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3363
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
24446
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21869
Integer Math75.4 GOps/s71.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math109.6 GOps/s39.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search295 M primes/s133 M primes/s
Random String Sort32.8 M strings/s26.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption16.4 GB/s15.7 GB/s
Data Compression212 MB/s252.4 MB/s
Physics1742 frames/s1318 frames/s
Extended Instructions163 M matrices/s17 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
2880
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
2173
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
15211
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
9135
File Compression1150 MB/s954.5 MB/s
Clang Compilation144.9 KLines/s66.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser338.7 pages/s169 pages/s
PDF Rendering416.5 MP/sec245 MP/sec
Text Processing268.6 pages/s213.5 pages/s
Background Blur67.7 frames/s47.2 frames/s
Photo Processing117.6 frames/s68.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing25 MP/sec16 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
156.48

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 661.3 PPW 140.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 1062.9 PPW 336.4 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 42.2 PPW 9.3 PPW
Blender / W n/a 2.41 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Qualcomm AMD
Announced October, 24, 2023 October, 8, 2020
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number X1E-84-100 n/a
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.2 GHz 4.6 GHz
General
Cores count126
Threads count1212
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier38x37x
L1 cachen/a64 KB/core
L2 cache12 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a32 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 23 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 80 W 88 W
Socket Custom AM4
Critical temp. n/a 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5x-8448 DDR4-3200
Max Size 64 GB 128 GB
Channels 8 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth 135 GB 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) the clear winner in this comparison.

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