Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100), vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) and Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
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 (X1-26-100)
975
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
1699
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
6897
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
9867
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
96
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
100
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
646
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
512
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
n/a
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
3926
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
n/a
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
18990
Integer Mathn/a39.9 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a54.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a175 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a22.5 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a13.5 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a183.2 MB/s
Physicsn/a1543 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a16 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
2123
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
2516
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
10521
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
9636
File Compressionn/a906.1 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a57.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a253.7 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a269.4 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a277.9 pages/s
Background Blurn/a46.5 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a105.2 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a7.3 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 350.7 PPW 260.4 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 513.2 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 21.5 PPW 13.8 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Qualcomm Intel
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 4, 2024
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Lunar Lake
Model number X1-26-100 226V
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Arc Graphics 130V

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 4
Threads 8 4
Frequency 2.98 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 4.5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.5 GHz
General
Cores count88
Threads count88
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier29x21x
L1 cachen/a192 KB/core
L2 cache1536 KB/core2560 KB/core
L3 Cache6 MB total8 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 15-30 W 17-37 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 37 W
Socket Custom FCBGA-2833
Critical temp. n/a 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8448 LPDDR5X-8533
Max Size 64 GB 16 GB
Channels 8 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 135 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 8

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra 5 226V the clear winner in this comparison.

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