On October 21, 2026, Phoronix published preliminary Linux benchmarks for the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2E96100 in an ASUS Zenbook A16 UX3607OA. In a composite of 110 benchmarks completed on all the compared systems, the ASUS finished slightly ahead of a Framework Laptop 13 with AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. That is a comparison between complete laptops, not an isolated processor test.
Inside the ASUS Linux test
The ASUS ran Ubuntu 26.10 X1E Concept ISO with Linux 7.3. Its Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme configuration had 18 CPU cores and 48 GB of LPDDR5-9523 memory. The processor’s reported maximums were 5.0 GHz for single-core boost and 4.4 GHz for multi-core operation.
What the benchmark comparison measures
Phoronix’s 110-test composite included workloads that completed on every system and excluded graphics because the Acer system with Snapdragon X1 Elite had GPU-acceleration problems. The ASUS X2 system was slightly ahead of the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Framework system in that composite.
Phoronix also reported a 2.43× composite result for the ASUS X2 system versus the Acer X1 Elite system. The laptops differ, and Phoronix noted that firmware, cooling and power delivery could account for part of the gap. The figure therefore describes a system-to-system result.
The X2 system led several individual runs in SVT-AV1 and x265 encoding, compilation, Stockfish, 7-Zip, Coremark and C-Ray. Intel and AMD systems led other workloads; Ryzen AI 300 systems stood out in the reported OpenVINO CPU tests. For another Linux 7.3 performance snapshot on different hardware, NeoTeo covered benchmarks involving Intel Panther Lake.
The remote test did not measure power consumption or performance per watt. It lacked Linux power telemetry for Snapdragon X and an external power meter.
Linux behavior differed between the ASUS and HP laptops
| Laptop | Processor | Linux setup | Functions reported in that configuration |
| ASUS Zenbook A16 UX3607OA | Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2E96100 | Ubuntu 26.10 X1E Concept ISO; Linux 7.3 | Adreno graphics worked; Wi-Fi, audio and webcam did not work out of the box. |
| HP OmniBook Ultra | Snapdragon X2 Elite | Native Linux on a developer-preview build | A separate demonstration showed a camera pipeline, VS Code, browser use, video playback with audio, and an on-device 24-billion-parameter model using the NPU. |
The HP demonstration used a different laptop and software build, so its functions describe that configuration rather than the ASUS test.
For a Linux development or desktop setup, benchmark throughput and support for a laptop’s built-in devices are separate checks: the results on one chassis do not describe the other.
