Key Differences
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Advantages of Intel Core 5 120U
Specifications
Performance
| L3 Cache | 6MB (shared) | 12MB (shared) |
| Integrated GPU | Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 | Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| TGP | 30 W | 15 W |
Display
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Other
| File compression | 985.1 MB/sec | 939.7 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 83.5 Klines/sec | 54 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 271 pages/sec | 214 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 299.5 Mpixels/sec | 236.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 197.2 pages/sec | 250.6 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 47.5 images/sec | 36.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 106.3 images/sec | 91 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 13.1 Mpixels/sec | 11.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Integer math | 38 GOps/sec | 55.7 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 57.7 GOps/sec | 38.7 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 203M Primes/sec | 60M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 23.1M Strings/sec | 20.6M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 9.5 GBytes/sec | 11.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 165.3 MBytes/sec | 179.5 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1341 Frames/sec | 1043 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 11.1B Matrices/sec | 10B Matrices/sec |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 28.1 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 574 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 1087.7 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 6.48 PPW |
| Vendor | Qualcomm | Intel |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | January 9, 2024 |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Snapdragon X | Raptor Lake Refresh |
| Model number | X1-26-100 | 120U |
| Rival Equivalent | Apple M2 | - |
| P-Cores | 8 | 2 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.0 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5 GHz |
| E-Cores | - | 8 |
| E-Threads | - | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 0.9 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | - | 3.8 GHz |
| Total Cores | 8 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 30x | 14x |
| L1 Cache | - | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 1280K (per core) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 12-15 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 55 W |
| Socket | Custom | BGA-1744 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 100°C |
| Integrated Graphics | Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| GPU Base Clock | 280 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1107 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Shading Units | 768 | 640 |
| TMUs | 48 | 40 |
| ROPs | 24 | 20 |
| Execution Units | 3 | 80 |
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8448 | - DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-6400 - LPDDR5x-6400 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 96 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 135 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
| Official Site | - | Intel Core 5 120U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 12 | 20 |