Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite vs AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
We compared two laptop CPUs: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite with 12 cores 3.8GHz and AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 with 12 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (8448 vs 8000)
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.2GHz)
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 3 months late
Better graphics card performance
Larger memory bandwidth (256GB/s vs 135GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 42MB)
Lower TDP (55W vs 65W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
1673
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+29%
2172
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
14548
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+111%
30768
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+2%
2980
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
2909
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
15226
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+21%
18560
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
133
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
134
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
1220
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+41%
1731
General Parameters
Oct 2023
Release Date
Jan 2025
Qualcomm
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
Arm-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Oryon
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Snapdragon X Elite
Processor Number
-
Socket
FP11
Adreno
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 8050S
Oryon
Generation
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Package
-
Transistor Count
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
23-65 W
Power Consumption
55 W
80 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
120 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
Samsung TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
mm²
Die Size
-
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
CPU Performance
12
Performance Cores
12
12
Performance Core Threads
24
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
0
-
Efficiency Core Threads
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
12
Total Core Count
12
12
Total Thread Count
24
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
Multiplier
32
-
L1 Cache
80 K per core
-
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
42 MB
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5x-8448
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8000
64 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
135 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
Shader Units
2048
Texture Units
128
Raster Operation Units
64
Execution Units
32
Power Consumption
45-120
-
Max Resolution
4.6 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
11.47 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
50 TOPS
Miscellaneous
4.0
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
