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Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 330

52 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
VS
51 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 5 330
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
AMD Ryzen AI 5 330

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) with 8-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 5 330 with 4-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 330 and (X1-26-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Around 45.4 GB/s (51%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 5 330
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM
  • Newer - released 6 months later
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2554 vs 2125 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
vs
Ryzen AI 5 330

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 985.1 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 83.5 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 271 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 299.5 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 197.2 pages/sec -
Background blur 47.5 images/sec -
Photo processing 106.3 images/sec -
Ray tracing 13.1 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 -
Floating point math 57.4 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 190M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 22.9M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 9.5 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 165.6 MBytes/sec -
Physics 1329 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 11B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 156 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 18.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 423.8 PPW 260.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 657.1 PPW 455.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.19 PPW 3.13 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
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AMD Ryzen AI 5 330
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) and AMD Ryzen AI 5 330

General

Vendor Qualcomm Amd
Released January 7, 2025 July 16, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Zen 5 (Krackan Point)
Model number X1-26-100 330
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Radeon 820M
Rival Equivalent - Apple M2 -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#106th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 2
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.0 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 2
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 30x 20x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 25 W 15-28 W (configurable)
Socket Custom FP8
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (177th and 186th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Radeon 820M
GPU Base Clock 280 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 768 128
TMUs 48 8
ROPs 24 4
Execution Units 3 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) +171%
1.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 5 330
0.7 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 820M compared to Adreno X1-45

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8448 - LPDDR5X-8000
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 32 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 (X1-26-100) official page AMD Ryzen AI 5 330 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 16

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Comments

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