Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100), vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) and AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
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)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
975
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
1805
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
6897
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
17079
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
96
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
106
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
646
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
967
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
3847
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
29890
Integer Mathn/a101.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a62.1 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a93 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a43.2 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a21.4 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a358.4 MB/s
Physicsn/a1439 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a271 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
2123
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
2394
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
10521
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
11875
File Compressionn/a494.2 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a92.7 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a287.4 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a280.8 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a251.5 pages/s
Background Blurn/a65.5 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a104.2 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a27.1 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
218.76

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 350.7 PPW 219.9 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 553.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 21.5 PPW 17.9 PPW
Blender / W n/a 4.05 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Qualcomm AMD
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 6, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Snapdragon X Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number X1-26-100 n/a
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 8
Threads 8 16
Frequency 2.98 GHz 4.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 5.2 GHz
General
Cores count88
Threads count816
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier29x40x
L1 cachen/a64 KB/core
L2 cache1536 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache6 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 15-30 W 35-54 W
Socket Custom FP8
Critical temp. n/a 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8448 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 64 GB 256 GB
Channels 8 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 135 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS the clear winner in this comparison.

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