AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)

[ 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 (X1-26-100) (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2:
  • + Higher Performance score (95 vs 59)
Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (92 vs 76)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Efficiency 76.0 Good 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 3.0 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 80K (per core) —
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 30x
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 8
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 32 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 47.5 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 83.5 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 985.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 271 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 299.5 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 106.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 13.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 197.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Snapdragon X
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
Model number 9950X3D2 X1-26-100
Released March 26, 2026 January 7, 2025
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Qualcomm
Apple Equivalent — -Apple M2

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 135 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-8448

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page —
PCI Express Lanes 28 12
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
Technologies — - Other: ARM64, ARMv8, CRC32, FMAC, Hexagon NPU, NEON, V8 Crypto, V8.1 Atomic, V8.2 DP, V8.3 JSCVT, V8.3 LRCPC, VFP32

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W —
Peak Temperature 95°C —
Socket AM5 Custom
TDP (PL1) 200 W —

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW —
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW —
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
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 (X1-26-100)
Data compression — 165.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 9.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 11B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 190M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 57.4 GOps/sec
Integer math — 38.1 GOps/sec
Physics — 1329 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 22.9M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-03-18(Rennsport) — GeekBench
📘 2025-11-25(Ryzen) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-06-14->deadlinepl — GeekBench

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