10 Cores — 9 Processors Compared

Decision table

10 Cores: which one for what?

The 9 models on this page are scored only against each other, for the use you pick. Scores come from the spec sheets; no price and no advertising go in.

What will you use it for? Gaming Content Creation On-device AI Battery Life

Leads for Gaming: Exynos 240075%

Leads for Content Creation: AMD Ryzen AI 9 46565%

Leads for On-device AI: AMD Ryzen AI 9 46587%

Leads for Battery Life: Intel Core 7 150U70%

#8#5#4#7
Apple M5Apple
10 · 10 · SoC (soldered)
56% 50% 62% 50%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#4#7#6#3
Exynos 2600Samsung
10 · 10 · BGA (SoC)
70% 50% 50% 62%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
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Intel Core 7 150UIntel
10 · 12 · 5.4 GHz
66% 58% 50% 70%
Why it ranks here
- 5.4 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
- 5.4 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
#6#4#8#2
Intel Core i5-1334UIntel
10 · 12 · 4.6 GHz
59% 55% 50% 70%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
#3#6#2#9
Exynos 2500Samsung
10 · 10 · BGA (SoC)
70% 50% 72% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 59 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#1#2#5#8
Exynos 2400Samsung
10 · 10 · 3.2 GHz
75% 64% 50% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#2#1#1#6
AMD Ryzen AI 9 465AMD
10 · 20 · 5 GHz
73% 65% 87% 55%
Why it ranks here
- 5 GHz boost
- 24 MB L3 cache
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- 5 GHz boost
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 50 TOPS NPU
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 9 months on the market
#7#8#3#5
Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100Qualcomm
10 · 10 · BGA (soldered)
59% 47% 67% 57%
Why it ranks here
- 42 MB L3 cache
- 28 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 28 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 45 TOPS NPU
- 28 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- 28 months on the market — a successor may be near
#9#9#9#4
Apple M4Apple
10 · 10 · 4.4 GHz
51% 45% 45% 57%
Why it ranks here
- 29 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 29 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 38 TOPS NPU
- 29 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- 29 months on the market — a successor may be near