Apple M4 Ultra vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Ultra, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Ultra and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
2199
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
1712
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
44781
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
13072
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
123
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
928
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
3310
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
23242
Integer Mathn/a65.9 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a99.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a302 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a34.8 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a14.6 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a223.1 MB/s
Physicsn/a1689 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a158 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
4062
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
2792
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
32871
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
14584
File Compressionn/a1150 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a135.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a363.5 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a357.9 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a256.6 pages/s
Background Blurn/a63.4 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a128.1 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a23.9 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W n/a 416.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 664.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 26.5 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Qualcomm
Announced May, 1, 2025 October, 24, 2023
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Apple M4 Snapdragon X
Model number n/a X1E-80-100
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) Qualcomm Adreno X1-85

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 24 12
Threads 24 12
Frequency 4.52 GHz 3.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores8n/a
Threads8n/a
Frequency2.89 GHzn/a
General
Cores count3212
Threads count3212
Multiplier45x34x
L1 cachen/a96 KB/core
L2 cachen/a12 KB/core
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 35 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 45 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Custom
Critical temp. 100 °C n/a

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8533 LPDDR5x-8448
Max Size 192 GB 64 GB
Channels 8 8
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 135 GB

Other

PCIe Version n/a 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 12

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) the clear winner in this comparison.

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