AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 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 AI 9 HX 370
2035
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
2020
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
23786
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
24082
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
114
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
160
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
1152
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
1967
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
3959
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
35190
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
n/a
Integer Math123.3 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math77.2 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search124 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort48.8 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption22.4 GB/sn/a
Data Compression448 MB/sn/a
Physics1878 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions319 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
2985
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
4083
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
15976
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
23349
File Compression1340 MB/sn/a
Clang Compilation139.9 KLines/sn/a
HTML5 Browser335.1 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering468.2 MP/secn/a
Text Processing322.1 pages/sn/a
Background Blur63.8 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing124.6 frames/sn/a
Ray Tracing33.5 MP/secn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
281.07
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 295.9 PPW 243.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 651.7 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 21.3 PPW 20.5 PPW
Blender / W 5.21 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Qualcomm
Announced June, 3, 2024 September, 25, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Point) Snapdragon X
Model number n/a X2-96-100
Integrated GPU Radeon 890M Adreno X2-90

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 6
Threads 8 6
Frequency 2.0 GHz 4.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores812
Threads1612
Frequency2.0 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.3 GHzn/a
General
Cores count1218
Threads count2418
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier20x44x
L1 cache80 KB/coren/a
L2 cache1000 KB/coren/a
L3 Cache24 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 15-54 W 96 W
Socket FP8 Custom
Critical temp. 100 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
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 16 n/a

Results

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

Survey

Which CPU would you pick?
4 (57.14%)
3 (42.86%)
Total Votes: 7

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