Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite with 12 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core Ultra 5 235U with 12 cores 2.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (8448 vs 8400)
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2.0GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (42MB vs 12MB)
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 3 months late
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Lower TDP (15W vs 65W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
1673
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
+7%
1805
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+28%
14548
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
11331
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+16%
2980
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
2566
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+48%
15226
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
10282
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+33%
133
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
100
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+113%
1220
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
571
General Parameters
Oct 2023
Release Date
Jan 2025
Qualcomm
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
Arm-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Oryon
Core Architecture
Arrow Lake
Snapdragon X Elite
Processor Number
235U
Socket
FCBGA-2049
Adreno
Integrated Graphics
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Oryon
Generation
-
Package
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
23-65 W
Power Consumption
12-15 W
80 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
57 W
Peak Operating Temperature
110 °C
Samsung TSMC
Foundry
-
mm²
Die Size
-
CPU Performance
12
Performance Cores
2
12
Performance Core Threads
4
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
10
-
Efficiency Core Threads
10
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.6 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
4.1 GHz
12
Total Core Count
12
12
Total Thread Count
14
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
Multiplier
20
-
L1 Cache
112 K per core
-
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
42 MB
L3 Cache
12 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5x-8448
Memory Types
LPDDR5-8400,LPDDR5x-8400,DDR5-6400
64 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
135 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
GPU Base Frequency
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2050 MHz
Shader Units
-
Texture Units
-
Raster Operation Units
-
Execution Units
-
Power Consumption
-
4.6 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
Miscellaneous
4.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
20
