Laptop Flagship Segment — 17 Processors Compared

Decision table

Laptop Flagship Segment: which one for what?

The 17 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: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 39584%

Leads for Content Creation: Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus84%

Leads for On-device AI: Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-90-10084%

Leads for Battery Life: Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-80-10067%

#1#5#11#10
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395AMD
16 · 32 · 5.1 GHz
84% 75% 53% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.1 GHz boost
- 64 MB L3 cache
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 5.1 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
- 50 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#15#9#8#11
Apple M5 MaxApple
18 · 18 · SoC (soldered)
59% 68% 64% 50%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
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#8#14#9
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392AMD
12 · 24 · 5 GHz
79% 69% 52% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 64 MB L3 cache
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
- 50 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#13#12#3#2
Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2E-94-100Qualcomm
18 · 18 · 4.7 GHz
64% 58% 75% 62%
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
- 80 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
#11#15#1#5
Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-90-100Qualcomm
18 · 18 · 5 GHz
66% 58% 84% 62%
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
- 85 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
#10#13#4#3
Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2E-96-100Qualcomm
18 · 18 · 5 GHz
66% 58% 75% 62%
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
- 80 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
#14#14#5#4
Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-88-100Qualcomm
18 · 18 · 4.7 GHz
64% 58% 75% 62%
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
- 80 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
#6#17#7#8
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388AMD
8 · 16 · 5 GHz
73% 52% 64% 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
- 50 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#2#2#13#14
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HXIntel
24 · 24 · 5.5 GHz
82% 79% 53% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.5 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 24 cores / 24 threads
- 5.5 GHz boost
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.
#16#10#9#12
Apple M5 ProApple
18 · 18 · SoC (soldered)
59% 68% 64% 50%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
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.
#12#16#2#1
Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-80-100Qualcomm
12 · 12 · 4.7 GHz
65% 56% 78% 67%
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 80 TOPS NPU
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- Current model — 9 months on the market
#5#1#10#6
Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX PlusIntel
24 · 24 · 5.5 GHz
75% 84% 58% 55%
Why it ranks here
- 5.5 GHz boost
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 24 cores / 24 threads
- 5.5 GHz boost
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- 13 TOPS NPU
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 9 months on the market
#3#3#12#13
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HXIntel
24 · 24 · 5.4 GHz
81% 78% 53% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.4 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 24 cores / 24 threads
- 5.4 GHz boost
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.
#8#7#6#7
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390AMD
12 · 24 · 5 GHz
67% 69% 64% 50%
Why it ranks here
- 64 MB L3 cache
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 50 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#17#11#17#16
Apple M4 ProApple
14 · 14 · 4.5 GHz
54% 60% 46% 45%
Why it ranks here
- 23 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 23 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 23 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 23 months on the market — a successor may be near
#9#4#15#17
Intel Core i9-14900HXIntel
24 · 32 · 5.8 GHz
67% 76% 48% 45%
Why it ranks here
- 5.8 GHz boost
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 24 cores / 32 threads
- 5.8 GHz boost
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
#7#6#16#15
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HXAMD
16 · 32 · 5.4 GHz
67% 70% 46% 45%
Why it ranks here
- 5.4 GHz boost
- 64 MB L3 cache
- 43 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 5.4 GHz boost
- 43 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 43 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 43 months on the market — a successor may be near