Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E 84 100) Which One is Better

CPU

Architecture

1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520

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Frequency

3300 MHz

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Cores

8

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Instruction set

ARMv9.2-A

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L3 cache

0

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Process

4 nm

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Manufacturing

TSMC

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Graphics

GPU name

Adreno 750

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GPU frequency

903 MHz

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Execution units

2

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Shading units

1536

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Vulkan version

1.3

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OpenCL version

2.0

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DirectX version

12.1

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Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

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Memory frequency

4800 MHz

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Bus

4x 16 Bit

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Max bandwidth

77 Gbit/s

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Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon

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Storage type

UFS 4.0

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Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

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Max camera resolution

1x 200MP

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Video capture

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

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Video playback

8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

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Video codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9

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Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

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Connectivity

4G support

LTE Cat. 24

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5G support

Yes

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Download speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

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Upload speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

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Wi-Fi

7

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Bluetooth

5.4

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Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

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Info

Announced

Oct 2023

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Class

Flagship

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Model number

SM8650-AB

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Official page

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General Parameters

Release Date

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Sep 2025

Manufacturer

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Qualcomm

Type

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Laptop

Instruction Set

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ARMv9

Core Architecture

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Snapdragon X

Processor Number

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X2E-84-100

Integrated Graphics

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Adreno X2-85

Package

Manufacturing Process

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3 nm

Socket

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Custom

CPU Performance

Performance Cores

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12

Performance Core Threads

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12

Performance Core Base Frequency

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3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

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4 GHz

Total Core Count

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12

Total Thread Count

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12

Bus Frequency

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100 MHz

Multiplier

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34

L1 Cache

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288 K per core

Unlocked Multiplier

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No

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

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LPDDR5X-9523

Max Memory Bandwidth

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152 GB/s

ECC Memory Support

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No

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

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true

GPU Base Frequency

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500 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

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1700 MHz

Shader Units

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2048

Texture Units

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128

Raster Operation Units

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64

Execution Units

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12

Miscellaneous

Official Website

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PCIe Version

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5.0

PCIe Lanes

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12

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

2,079,542

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Geekbench 6

2,181

3,633

Geekbench 6

7,250

16,025

FP32 (float)

4,730

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