Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100) vs AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100) with 18-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Please note that the tests on the Ryzen AI Max PRO 485 are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
Key Differences
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100)
- Has 10 more physical cores
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 33% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3993 vs 3001 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485
- Newer - released 11 months later
- Around 104 GB/s (68%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More powerful Radeon 8050S integrated graphics: 11.5 vs 7 TFLOPS
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 677 | - |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 6460 | - |
Cinebench Scores (#71st place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 112.4 GOps/sec | - |
| Floating point math | 138.8 GOps/sec | - |
| Find prime numbers | 357M Primes/sec | - |
| Random string sorting | 58.1M Strings/sec | - |
| Data encryption | 26.6 GBytes/sec | - |
| Data compression | 381 MBytes/sec | - |
| Physics | 2130 Frames/sec | - |
| Extended instructions | 20B Matrices/sec | - |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 307.5 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 Max PRO 485General
| Vendor | Qualcomm | Amd |
| Released | September 25, 2025 | September 5, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Snapdragon X | - |
| Model number | X2E-90-100 | 485 |
| Integrated GPU | Adreno X2-90 | Radeon 8050S |
CPU
| P-Cores | 18 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 18 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.4 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Total Cores | 18 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 34x | 36x |
| L1 Cache | 288K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | - | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 45-55 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 120 W |
| Socket | Custom | FP11 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#9th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Adreno X2-90 | Radeon 8050S |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 1295 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1700 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 2048 |
| TMUs | 128 | 128 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Execution Units | 12 | 32 |
| TGP | - | 55 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon 8050S compared to Adreno X2-90
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9523 | - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 4 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 152 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-90-100) official page | AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 12 | 16 |
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