AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (97/100)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) (64/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)

64/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Efficiency 76.0 Good 82.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 74.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 3.4 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 288K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 34x
P-Cores 16 12
P-Threads 32 12
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 32 12
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 63.4 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 135.5 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1150 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 363.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 357.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 128.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 23.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 256.6 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Snapdragon X
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
Model number 9950X3D2 X1E-80-100
Released March 26, 2026 October 24, 2023
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Qualcomm
Apple Equivalent — -Apple M4 (8-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 135.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5x-8448

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 12
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 80 W
Peak Temperature 95°C —
Socket AM5 Custom
TDP (PL1) 200 W 35 W

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 6.86 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 416.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 653.8 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Execution Units 2 6
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1250 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
ROPs 4 48
Shading Units 128 1536
TGP 15 W 30 W
TMUs 8 96

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Data compression — 224.2 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 14.3 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 15.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 291M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 98.2 GOps/sec
Integer math — 65.1 GOps/sec
Physics — 1664 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 34M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-06-21(Heisemerie) — GeekBench

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