Laptop High-end Segment — 7 Processors Compared

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Laptop High-end Segment: which one for what?

The 7 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: Intel Core i7-14700HX81%

Leads for Content Creation: Intel Core i7-14700HX66%

Leads for On-device AI: Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-84-10082%

Leads for Battery Life: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 47063%

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Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-84-100Qualcomm
12 · 12 · 4.7 GHz
64% 52% 82% 62%
Why it ranks here
- 34 MB L3 cache
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
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Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-78-100Qualcomm
12 · 12 · 4 GHz
63% 52% 78% 62%
Why it ranks here
- 34 MB L3 cache
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
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AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475AMD
12 · 24 · 5.2 GHz
66% 60% 79% 63%
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
- 60 TOPS NPU
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 9 months on the market
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AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470AMD
12 · 24 · 5.2 GHz
66% 60% 75% 63%
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
- 55 TOPS NPU
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 9 months on the market
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Intel Core Ultra 7 255HXIntel
20 · 20 · 5.2 GHz
80% 65% 65% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- 20 cores / 20 threads
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 13 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
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AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370AMD
12 · 24 · 5.1 GHz
54% 49% 49% 53%
Why it ranks here
- 26 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 26 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 50 TOPS NPU
- 26 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 26 months on the market — a successor may be near
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Intel Core i7-14700HXIntel
20 · 28 · 5.5 GHz
81% 66% 48% 45%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.5 GHz boost
- 33 MB L3 cache
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 20 cores / 28 threads
- 5.5 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