Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) or AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) has 12 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) was released in Q2/2024.

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS was released in Q2/2021.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (4) Family AMD Ryzen 9 (40)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (4) CPU group AMD Ryzen 5000H (11)
1 Generation 4
Oryon Architecture Cezanne (Zen 3)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) is 1.00 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS is at 3.00 GHz (4.60 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
12 Cores 8
12 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.00 GHz Frequency 3.00 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.60 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.00 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Qualcomm Hexagon NPU @ 45 TOPS AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) or AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Qualcomm Adreno X Elite/Plus GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
1.00 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.75 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
4 nm Technology 7 nm
4 Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 8
-- Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12.2 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Qualcomm Adreno X Elite/Plus GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) can use up to 64 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 133.9 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
LPDDR5X-8448 Memory LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
64 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
133.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC No
42.00 MB L2 Cache 4.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 16.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) is 23 W, while the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
23 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
80 W TDP up 54 W
12 W TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) is manufactured in 4 nm and has 42.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 20.00 MB cache.

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
4 nm Technology 7 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
-- Socket FP6
None Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10/11 (ARM), Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2024 Release date Q2/2021
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS (0%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS (68%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
Qualcomm Adreno X Elite/Plus @ 1.00 GHz
3800 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz
1792 (47%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 1.00 GHz
7924 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
5413 (68%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1478 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
12794 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1488 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
8577 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
2004 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
6886 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
578 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
5002 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
161 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
22010 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
686 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 1.00 GHz
45 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 Unknown

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