AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 260, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 260 and Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
1780
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
2020
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
16387
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
24082
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
106
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
160
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
930
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
1967
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
2521
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
4083
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
11816
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
23349

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 218.8 PPW 243.2 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.2 PPW 20.5 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Qualcomm
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 25, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Snapdragon X
Model number n/a X2-96-100
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Adreno X2-90

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 6
Frequency 3.8 GHz 4.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a12
Threadsn/a12
General
Cores count818
Threads count1618
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x44x
L1 cache64 KB/coren/a
L2 cache1000 KB/coren/a
L3 Cache16 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 35-54 W 96 W
Socket FP8 Custom
Critical temp. 100 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
LPDDR5X-9523
Max Size 256 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 8
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 228 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) the clear winner in this comparison.

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