Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) with 8-cores against the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7430U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7430U and (X1-26-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 1.6 TFLOPS
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2125 vs 1865 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

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 985.1 MB/sec 606.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 83.5 Klines/sec 51.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 271 pages/sec 106.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 299.5 Mpixels/sec 177.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 197.2 pages/sec 189.7 pages/sec
Background blur 47.5 images/sec 31 images/sec
Photo processing 106.3 images/sec 44.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.1 Mpixels/sec 12.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 38.1 GOps/sec 55.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 57.4 GOps/sec 30.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 190M Primes/sec 47M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.9M Strings/sec 18.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.5 GBytes/sec 11.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 165.6 MBytes/sec 179.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1329 Frames/sec 714 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11B Matrices/sec 11.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 156 & 2481 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 25.1 PPW 29.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 423.8 PPW 437.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 657.1 PPW 1010.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.19 PPW 5.8 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 (X1-26-100)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-14 -> deadlineplGeekbench 6 CPU2116 / 10360
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-25 (Ryzen)Cinebench 202496 / 628
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 CPU2134 / 10544
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) and AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

General

Vendor Qualcomm Amd
Released January 7, 2025 January 5, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number X1-26-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - Apple M2 - Intel Core i5 1335U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#147th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.0 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 30x 23x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 25 W 15 W
Socket Custom FP6
Peak Temperature - 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 280 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 768 448
TMUs 48 28
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 3 7
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS
1.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8448 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) official page AMD Ryzen 5 7430U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 20

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
9 (64.3%)
5 (35.7%)
Total votes: 14

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 7430U or Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)?
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Dinesh.S September 27, 2025 at 06:41 AM
Price is the issue, I'll go with AMD
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