Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1-26-100 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-46-100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1-26-100
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The 8-core Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) is an affordable ARM architecture processor for use in Windows laptops. Unveiled in Jan 2025, this Qualcomm SoC features 8 Oryon CPU cores running at up to 2.98 GHz, along with the 1.7 TFLOPS X1-45 iGPU and the 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU. The super-fast LPDDR5x-8448 memory controller, USB 4.0 support, TB 4 support and PCIe 4 support are all onboard as well.
Architecture and Features
The Oryon cores (2 clusters of essentially identical cores; 8 threads) are mostly based on Nuvia IP and reportedly make use of the ARM v8.7 microarchitecture. Much like modern AMD and Intel processors, the Snapdragon chip is compatible with USB 4 and thus with Thunderbolt 4 (with no eGPU support).
The X1-26-100 is based on the smaller die codenamed Purwa, unlike most X Elite and some X Plus processors. It is believed to have at least 8 PCIe 4 and 4 PCIe 3 lanes for connecting various kinds of devices. NVMe SSDs are supported with a throughput of up to 7.9 GB/s; furthermore, most laptops built around the chip are expected to have 16 GB of LPDDR5x-8448 RAM. There is also a 45 TOPS NPU present for accelerating AI workloads.
Performance
The CPU should be about 10% slower than its faster brother named X1P-42 due to the latter's higher CPU clock speeds. Generally speaking, a performance level similar to recent U-class Intel Core 5 chips is to be expected.
Graphics
The X1-45 used here delivers up to 1.7 TFLOPS of performance. Unlike the much faster 3.8 TFLOPS and 4.6 TFLOPS X1-85 iGPUs, this little guy here has much fewer unified shaders and runs at lower clock speeds, too. Games put it a little behind the GeForce MX350; this kind of performance is sufficient for older games and sub-900p resolutions only.
AVC, HEVC and AV1 video codecs can be both hardware-decoded and hardware-encoded whereas with VP9, only decoding is possible. The highest monitor resolution supported is UHD 2160p.
Power consumption
Expect to see anything between 15 W and 30 W under long-term workloads depending on the system and the power profile chosen. The number includes RAM power consumption.
The SoC is built with TSMC's N4P process for decent power efficiency, as of H1 2025.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
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The Snapdragon X Plus 8-core (X1P-42-100) is a relatively affordable ARM architecture processor for use in Windows laptops that was unveiled in Sep 2024. This Qualcomm SoC features 8 Oryon CPU cores running at up to 3.4 GHz, along with the 1.7 TFLOPS X1-45 iGPU and the 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU. The super-fast LPDDR5x-8448 memory controller, USB 4.0 support, TB 4 support and PCIe 4 support are all onboard as well.
Architecture and Features
The Oryon cores (2 clusters of essentially identical cores; 8 threads) are mostly based on Nuvia IP and they reportedly make use of the ARM v8.7 microarchitecture. Much like modern AMD and Intel processors, the Snapdragon chip is compatible with USB 4 and thus with Thunderbolt 4 however it does not appear to support eGPUs as of September 2024.
The X1P-42-100 is based on the smaller die codenamed Purwa, unlike most X Elite and X Plus processors. It is believed to have at least 8 PCIe 4 and 4 PCIe 3 lanes for connecting various kinds of devices. NVMe SSDs are supported with a throughput of up to 7.9 GB/s; furthermore, most laptops built around the chip are expected to have 16 GB of LPDDR5x-8448 RAM. There is also a 45 TOPS NPU present for accelerating AI workloads.
Performance
A lot depends on the power targets of a specific system, just like it is with AMD, Intel and Nvidia products. That being said, the average X1P-42-100 competes with older chips such as the Core i5-1245U when executing multi-threaded x86 code. With apps compiled specifically with Windows on ARM in mind, a Core i7-1360P-like performance level is to be expected which is not bad at all for what is supposed to be a budget CPU.
The 3.4 GHz clock speed is only achievable in single-thread workloads. When under multi-threaded load, the CPU cores will run at no more than 3.2 GHz.
Graphics
The X1-45 used here delivers up to 1.7 TFLOPS of performance. Unlike the much faster 3.8 TFLOPS and 4.6 TFLOPS X1-85 iGPUs, this little guy here has much fewer unified shaders and runs at lower clock speeds, too. Games put it a little behind the GeForce MX350; this kind of performance is sufficient for older games and sub-900p resolutions only.
AVC, HEVC and AV1 video codecs can be both hardware-decoded and hardware-encoded whereas with VP9, only decoding is possible. The highest monitor resolution supported is UHD 2160p.
Power consumption
Expect to see anything between 15 W and 30 W under long-term workloads depending on the system and the power profile chosen. The number includes RAM.
The SoC is built with TSMC's N4P process for better-than-average power efficiency, as of H2 2024.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-46-100
► remove from comparisonThe Snapdragon X Plus 8-core (X1P-46-100) is a relatively affordable ARM architecture processor for use in Windows laptops that was unveiled in Sep 2024. This Qualcomm SoC features 8 Oryon CPU cores running at up to 4.0 GHz, along with the 2.1 TFLOPS X1-45 iGPU and the 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU. The super-fast LPDDR5x-8448 memory controller, USB 4.0 support, TB 4 support and PCIe 4 support are all onboard as well.
Architecture and Features
The Oryon cores (2 clusters of essentially identical cores; 8 threads) are mostly based on Nuvia IP and they reportedly make use of the ARM v8.7 microarchitecture. Much like modern AMD and Intel processors, the Snapdragon chip is compatible with USB 4 and thus with Thunderbolt 4 however it does not appear to support eGPUs as of September 2024.
The X1P-46-100 is based on the smaller die codenamed Purwa, unlike most X Elite and X Plus processors. It is believed to have at least 8 PCIe 4 and 4 PCIe 3 lanes for connecting various kinds of devices. NVMe SSDs are supported with a throughput of up to 7.9 GB/s; furthermore, most laptops built around the chip are expected to have 16 GB of LPDDR5x-8448 RAM. There is also a 45 TOPS NPU present for accelerating AI workloads.
Performance
A lot depends on the power targets of a specific system, just like it is with AMD, Intel and Nvidia products. That being said, we fully expect the X1P-46-100 to be just a little faster than the Core i5-1245U when executing multi-threaded x86 code.
The 4.0 GHz clock speed is only achievable in single-thread workloads. When executing multi-threaded tasks, the CPU cores will run at no more than 3.4 GHz.
Graphics
The X1-45 used here delivers up to 2.1 TFLOPS of performance. Unlike the much faster 3.8 TFLOPS and 4.6 TFLOPS X1-85 iGPUs, this little graphics adapter has much fewer unified shaders at its disposal. Its gaming performance is set to be sufficient for pre-2021 games at resolutions such as 1600x900 on low graphics settings.
AVC, HEVC and AV1 video codecs can be both hardware-decoded and hardware-encoded whereas with VP9, only decoding is possible. The highest monitor resolution supported is UHD 2160p.
Power consumption
Expect to see anything between 15 W and 30 W under long-term workloads depending on the system and the power profile chosen. The number includes RAM.
The SoC is built with TSMC's N4P process for better-than-average power efficiency, as of H2 2024.
| Model | Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1-26-100 | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-46-100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | Oryon | Oryon | Oryon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon X | Qualcomm Snapdragon X | Qualcomm Snapdragon X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series: Snapdragon X Oryon |
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| Clock | <=2980 MHz | <=3400 MHz | <=4000 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L1 Cache | 2.3 MB | 2.3 MB | 2.3 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L2 Cache | 12 MB | 12 MB | 12 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L3 Cache | 6 MB | 6 MB | 6 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 8 x 3.0 GHz Qualcomm Oryon | 8 / 8 8 x 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Oryon | 8 / 8 4.0 GHz Qualcomm Oryon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology | 4 nm | 4 nm | 4 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| iGPU | Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS | Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS | Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | ARM | ARM | ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Manufacturer | www.qualcomm.com | www.qualcomm.com | www.qualcomm.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TDP | 30 Watt | 30 Watt |
Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1-26-100 → 0% n=0
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 → 0% n=0
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
