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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100) vs AMD Ryzen AI 7 345

65 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100)
VS
58 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 7 345
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100)
AMD Ryzen AI 7 345

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 4,04 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100) against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 7 345. 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 345 and (X2P-42-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100)
  • Around 62.4 GB/s (70%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Adreno X2-45 integrated graphics: 2.1 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • 24% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3238 vs 2618 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 7 345
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 5 months later
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100)
vs
Ryzen AI 7 345

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2902
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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 36.4 GOps/sec -
Floating point math 56.9 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 212M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 23.9M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 9.9 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 165.4 MBytes/sec -
Physics 1445 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 10.7B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7 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 75.2 PPW 13.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 1195.7 PPW 183.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1698 PPW 369.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 17.2 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100) and AMD Ryzen AI 7 345

General

Vendor Qualcomm Amd
Released January 5, 2026 May 22, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Zen 5 (Krackan Point)
Model number X2P-42-100 345
Integrated GPU Adreno X2-45 Radeon 840M
Rival Equivalent - Apple M2 -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#71st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 2
P-Threads 6 4
Base Frequency (P) 4,04 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (E) - 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 6 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 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 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 10 W 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 22 W -
Socket Custom FP8
Peak Temperature - 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (71st and 116th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Adreno X2-45 Radeon 840M
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 910 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 1152 256
TMUs 72 16
ROPs 36 8
Execution Units - 4
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100) +40%
2.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 7 345
1.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 840M compared to Adreno X2-45

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9523 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 64 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 Plus (X2P-42-100) official page AMD Ryzen AI 7 345 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 16

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Comments

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