Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-00-1DE
The Snapdragon X Elite X1E-00-1DE is a pretty fast ARM architecture processor (SoC) for use in Windows mini-PCs and laptops. As the fastest X Elite chip in September 2024, the X1E-00-1DE has 12 Oryon CPU cores running at up to 4.3 GHz, along with the 4.6 TFLOPS Adreno X1-85 iGPU, the 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU and an impressively fast LPDDR5x-8448 memory controller delivering over 100 GB/s of throughput. USB 4.0, TB 4 and PCIe 4 are all onboard, too.
Three slower Snapdragon X Elite flavors exist, known as the X1E-84-100, X1E-80-100 and X1E-78-100.
Architecture and Features
The Oryon cores (3 clusters of equally powerful cores; 12 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.
Like most X Elite and X Plus processors, the X1E-00-1DE is based on the larger die codenamed Hamoa. The processor is believed to have at least 12 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. There is also a 45 TOPS NPU present for accelerating AI workloads.
Performance
When all of the 12 cores are under load, they run at up to 3.8 GHz. The 4.3 GHz clock speed is only achievable under single-thread or dual-thread loads.
Based on this Notebookcheck review of a Samsung laptop powered by the X1E-84-100, a chip that's supposed to be just a hair's width slower than the X1E-00-1DE, the top-of-the-line Snapdragon processor should be almost as fast as the Core Ultra 7 155H in applications compiled for ARM while being up to 30% slower when executing x86 code.
Graphics
The 4.6 TFLOPS X1-85 iGPU has 1,536 unified shaders running at up to 1,500 MHz. It is reportedly (ChipsAndCheese) based on the significantly older Adreno 730 iGPU, rendering the X1-85 DX12-compatible but not DX12 Ultimate-compatible. AVC, HEVC and AV1 video codecs can be both hardware-decoded and hardware-encoded; with VP9, only decoding is possible. The highest monitor resolution supported is UHD 2160p rather than SUHD 4320p.
Its gaming performance is in many use cases almost as good as the Intel Arc 8 for reasonably playable experience in many 2023 and 2024 games such as Baldur's Gate 3 at 1080p on low graphics settings.
Power consumption
Since this is a CPU for developer systems, it will probably be allowed to consume a lot of power and thus be able to deliver the best performance possible. Up to 80 watts are to be expected depending on the system and the power profile chosen.
It must be said that power consumption figures for X Elite and X Plus processors include RAM, unlike it is with most Intel and AMD chips.
The Qualcomm SoC is built with the TSMC N4P process for better-than-average, as of H2 2024, energy efficiency.
| Codename | Oryon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Snapdragon X Oryon
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| Clock Rate | 3800 - 4300 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Cores / Threads | 12 / 12 12 x 4.3 GHz Qualcomm Oryon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TDP Turbo PL2 | 80 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing Technology | 4 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GPU | Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcement Date | 04/24/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product Link (external) | www.qualcomm.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benchmarks
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
No reviews found for this CPU (yet).
