Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs 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 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.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
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 tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
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 |
PassMark
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 |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| 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
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-10-24 (Eggburt) | Cinebench 2024 | 127 / 794 |
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-11-15 (etheory) | Cinebench 2024 | 113 / 1785 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395General
| 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) |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100) | - AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#13th place)
CPU
| 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 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 (55th and 25th 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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