Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E 90 100) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Which One is Better

General Parameters

Release Date

Sep 2025

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Manufacturer

Qualcomm

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Type

Laptop

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Instruction Set

ARMv9

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Core Architecture

Snapdragon X

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Processor Number

X2E-90-100

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Integrated Graphics

Adreno X2-90

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Package

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

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Socket

Custom

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CPU Performance

Performance Cores

18

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Performance Core Threads

18

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Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

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Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

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Total Core Count

18

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Total Thread Count

18

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Bus Frequency

100 MHz

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Multiplier

34

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L1 Cache

288 K per core

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Unlocked Multiplier

No

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Memory Parameters

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-9523

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Max Memory Bandwidth

152 GB/s

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ECC Memory Support

No

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Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

true

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GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1700 MHz

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Shader Units

2048

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Texture Units

128

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Raster Operation Units

64

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Execution Units

12

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Miscellaneous

Official Website

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PCIe Version

5.0

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PCIe Lanes

12

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CPU

Architecture

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1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520

Frequency

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3000 MHz

Cores

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8

Instruction set

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ARMv9.2-A

L2 cache

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1 MB

L3 cache

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8 MB

Process

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4 nm

TDP

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6 W

Manufacturing

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TSMC

Graphics

GPU name

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Adreno 735

GPU frequency

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1100 MHz

Execution units

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2

Shading units

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256

Vulkan version

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1.3

OpenCL version

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2.0

DirectX version

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12.1

Memory

Memory Type

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LPDDR5X

Memory frequency

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4200 MHz

Bus

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4x 16 Bit

Max bandwidth

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67.2 Gbit/s

AI

NPU

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Hexagon

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)

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Hexagon

Storage type

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UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0

Max display resolution

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3840 x 2160

Max camera resolution

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1x 200MP

Video capture

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4K at 60FPS

Video playback

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4K at 120FPS

Video codecs

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- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9

Audio codecs

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- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support

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LTE Cat. 22

5G support

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Yes

Download speed

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Up to 6500 Mbps

Upload speed

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Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi

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7

Bluetooth

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5.4

Navigation

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GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced

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Mar 2024

Class

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Flagship

Model number

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SM8635

Official page

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📊 Benchmark

Geekbench 6

3,995

2,019

Geekbench 6

20,629

5,570

AnTuTu 10

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1,490,645

FP32 (float)

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1,689