AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)

[ 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 Plus (X1P-42-100) (56/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2:
  • + Higher Performance score (95 vs 67)
Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (90 vs 76)
[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)

56/100
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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 Plus (X1P-42-100)
Efficiency 76.0 Good 90.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 67.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 3.2 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 288K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 12MB (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 32x
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 8
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 32 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 3.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 51.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 92.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 270.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 297 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 111.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 13.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 225.8 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Snapdragon X
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
Model number 9950X3D2 X1P-42-100
Released March 26, 2026 September 4, 2024
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Qualcomm
Apple Equivalent — -Apple M2

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 135 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-8448

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) 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 Plus (X1P-42-100)
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 35 W
Peak Temperature 95°C —
Socket AM5 Custom
TDP (PL1) 200 W 30 W

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 5.93 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 23.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 376.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 597.1 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Execution Units 2 3
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 280 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1107 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
ROPs 4 24
Shading Units 128 768
TGP 15 W —
TMUs 8 48

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Data compression — 180.1 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 10.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 11.9B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 205M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 62 GOps/sec
Integer math — 40.8 GOps/sec
Physics — 1384 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 24.9M Strings/sec

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