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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
80 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 with 16-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 395 and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
  • More powerful Radeon 8060S integrated graphics: 14.8 vs 4.6 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM
  • Around 121 GB/s (90%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 21% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 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 Max+ Pro 395

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (107th and 44th 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 2190 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 228.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 513 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 613 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 337 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 69.7 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 233.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 48 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 10 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 191.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 121.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 285M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 70.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 33.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 643.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 3190 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 52.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 21 & 353 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 14.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 191.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 431.2 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.12 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
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Eggburt)Cinebench 2024127 / 794
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AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-15 (etheory)Cinebench 2024113 / 1785
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395

General

Vendor Qualcomm Amd
Released October 24, 2023 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Model number X1E-84-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Radeon 8060S
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#13th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 16
P-Threads 12 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 5.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 16
Total Threads 12 32
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 30x
L1 Cache - 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 45-120 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom Custom
Peak Temperature - 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 23rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Radeon 8060S
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 1536 2560
TMUs 96 160
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 6 40
TGP 30 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon 8060S compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 8 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 256 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) official page AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 16

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Total votes: 31

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)?
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