Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100) vs Intel Core i7-6970HQ

Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-100)
Intel Core i7-6970HQ $623
18 Cores
18 Threads
4GHz Clock
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.8GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
BGA 1440
iGPU
Adreno X2-90 5.2T
5.22 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
Iris Pro 580 1050MHz
1.21 TFLOPS FP32
GB6S N/A
0%
GB6S 1,210
30%
GB6M N/A
0%
GB6M 4,020
15%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Oryon 3
Architecture
Skylake
Family
X Series
Family
Core 6th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
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P-Core
Pegasus-P
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E-Core
Pegasus-E
Codename
Skylake-H
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Skylake-4C-GT4
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
9/24/2025
Release Date
1/24/2016
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Intel
Intel (eDRAM Die)
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Node
N3E
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Node
14nm
22nm (eDRAM Die)
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Die Size
288 mm²
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Die Size
184 mm²
77 mm² (eDRAM Die)
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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Transistor Count
3.2 Billion
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Unknown
BGA 1440
18 Cores
12 P-Cores
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6 E-Cores
4 Cores
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18 Threads
12 P-Threads
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6 E-Threads
8 Threads
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4GHz
4.7GHz Boost
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2.8GHz
3.7GHz Boost
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Integrated Chipset
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Type
DMI
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Transfer Rate
8GT/s
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Lanes
4
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Bandwidth
4GB/s
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Bi-directional
8GB/s
L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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-
L0 Data
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-
L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Data
96KB/P-Core
2-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L2
-
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36MB Shared
12-way set associative
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12MB Shared (E-Core)
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L2
256KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L3
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8MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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L4
128MB Shared
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Channels
8
Channels
2
Max Memory
128GB
Max Memory
64GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
16Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
4762MHz
Transfer Rate
9523MT/s
Clock
1067MHz
Transfer Rate
2133MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
19.0GB/s
Bandwidth
152.4GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
17.1GB/s
Bandwidth
34.1GB/s
TDP
80W
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TDP
45W
35W cTDP Down
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Temp
100°C Max
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
PCIe 5.0 x12 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes
PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes
Adreno X2-90 5.2T
1536 Shaders
1700MHz
5.22 TFLOPS FP32
Iris Pro 580 1050MHz
576 Shaders
1050MHz
1.21 TFLOPS FP32
Hexagon
No NPU
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80 TOPS INT8
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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