AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395, 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 Max+ Pro 395 and Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
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 Max+ Pro 395
2029
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
2020
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
29105
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
24082
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
117
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
160
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
1640
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
1967
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
2976
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
4083
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
20948
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
23349
File Compression1700 MB/sn/a
Clang Compilation184.7 KLines/sn/a
HTML5 Browser478.7 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering519.1 MP/secn/a
Text Processing312 pages/sn/a
Background Blur72.2 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing200 frames/sn/a
Ray Tracing42.8 MP/secn/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 380.9 PPW 243.2 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 29.8 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 5 (Strix Halo) Snapdragon X
Model number n/a X2-96-100
Integrated GPU Radeon 8060S Adreno X2-90

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 6
Threads 32 6
Frequency 3.0 GHz 4.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a12
Threadsn/a12
General
Cores count1618
Threads count3218
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier30x44x
L1 cache80 KB/coren/a
L2 cache1000 KB/coren/a
L3 Cache64 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 45-55 W 96 W
Max TDP (Boost) 120 W n/a
Socket Custom Custom
Critical temp. 100 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8000 LPDDR5X-9523
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 8
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 228 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 16 n/a

Results

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