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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 365

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
68 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 365 and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • Around 45.4 GB/s (51%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • 19% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
vs
Ryzen AI 9 365

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (107th and 137th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1150 MB/sec 1240 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 101.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 296.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 437.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 289 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 65.4 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 122.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 25.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 1 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 71.9 GOps/sec 103.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 64.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 120M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 40.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 18.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 370.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 1711 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 26.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 879 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 34.9 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 258.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 562 PPW
Blender / Watt - 4.64 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Eggburt)Cinebench 2024127 / 794
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AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-11 (Mark)Cinebench 2024117 / 1077
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-10 (rrevi)Geekbench 6 CPU2967 / 15033
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and AMD Ryzen AI 9 365

General

Vendor Qualcomm Amd
Released October 24, 2023 June 3, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number X1E-84-100 365
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Radeon 880M
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#38th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 6
E-Threads - 12
Base Frequency (E) - 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 10
Total Threads 12 20
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 20x
L1 Cache - 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom FP8
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 62nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 AMD Radeon 880M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 1536 768
TMUs 96 48
ROPs 48 16
Execution Units 6 12
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon 880M compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) official page AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 16

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Total votes: 58

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Comments

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