Snapdragon X Elite PC CPUs Are Over 50% Faster Than Intel’s Fastest Core Ultra Chips, Claims Qualcomm

02.04.2024 - 21:53 / wccftech.com / Hassan Mujtaba

Qualcomm has shared even more performance numbers of its upcoming Snapdragon X Elite PC CPUs, now showcased to be over 50% faster than Intel's fastest Core Ultra chips in Geekbench 6 benchmark tests.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite CPUs Now Compared Against Intel's Core Ultra Chips, Over 50% Faster & Much More Efficient As Per Official Claims

The latest numbers were shared by Qualcomm with PCWorld, who managed to get numbers of the upcoming Snapdragon X Elite CPUs, powered by the Oryon core architecture, against Intel's very recent Core Ultra "Meteor Lake" CPUs. Previously, Qualcomm has shared official numbers which compared the X Elite chips against Intel's Raptor Lake, AMD's Phoenix and Apple's M2 chips, but it now compares its upcoming chips to the latest from its competitors.

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The benchmark tests include the top 12-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chip against an ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED which features the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H CPU & the ASUS ROG Zephyrus M16 laptop which features the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H CPU. For benchmarking, Qualcomm used the very popular Geekbench 6.2 test suite and the results are quite a thing. Qualcomm had also previously showcased strong AI performance against the Intel Core Ultra chips, but now they are comparing the single and multi-threaded gains over those parts.

First up is the single-core comparison in which the Snapdragon X Elite CPU offers up to 51% faster performance at full power (~15W vs 30W) and 65% lower power at the same performance against the Core Ultra 9 185H. The lead is up to 54% at full power (~12W vs 20W) and the same 65% lower performance with the same performance of the Core Ultra 7 155H.

The multi-threaded benchmarks show a solid 41% lead over the Core Ultra 9 185H (40W vs 80W) & 52% over the Core Ultra 7 155H (40W vs 60W) at ISO power & 58-60% lower power when matching the performance of its competitors. The GPU side shows a similar story, with the iGPU offering 36% better performance at ISO (30W vs 45W) and 50% less power when matching its competitor.

• Snapdragon X Elite vs Core Ultra 9 185H (ST): +51% (~15W vs 30W) / 65% Lower Power (Same Perf)
• Snapdragon X Elite vs Core Ultra 7 155H (ST): +54% (~12W vs 20W) / 65% Lower Power (Same Perf)
• Snapdragon X Elite vs Core Ultra 9 185H (MT): +41% (~40W vs 80W) / 58% Lower Power (Same Perf)
• Snapdragon X Elite vs Core Ultra 7 155H (MT): +52% (~40W vs 60W) / 60% Lower Power (Same Perf)

Now the GPU side was tested using the 3DMark Wildlife Extreme benchmark on Windows 11 and here, you can see the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS trailing behind the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, which isn't the exact case as we have noticed in our tests. The