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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100) vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475

87 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100)
VS
72 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100) with 18-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 with 12-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 475 and (X2E-90-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100)
  • Around 62.4 GB/s (70%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • 39% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3993 vs 2870 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100)
vs
Ryzen AI 9 HX 475

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 677 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 6460 4767
Cinebench Scores (71st and 136th 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)
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 112.4 GOps/sec 131.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 138.8 GOps/sec 83.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 357M Primes/sec 139M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 58.1M Strings/sec 52.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.6 GBytes/sec 24.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 381 MBytes/sec 504.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2130 Frames/sec 2018 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 20B Matrices/sec 35.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8 & 1 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 - 20 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt - 274.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 715.4 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100) and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475

General

Vendor Qualcomm Amd
Released September 25, 2025 January 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Model number X2E-90-100 475
Integrated GPU Adreno X2-90 Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#29th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 18 4
P-Threads 18 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 16
Base Frequency (E) - 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 18 12
Total Threads 18 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 20x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache - 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) - 15-54 W (configurable)
Socket Custom FP8
Peak Temperature - 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (9th and 41st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Adreno X2-90 AMD Radeon 890M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1700 MHz 3100 MHz
Shading Units 2048 1024
TMUs 128 64
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 12 16
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon 890M compared to Adreno X2-90

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9523 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 152 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100) official page AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 16

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Comments

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