Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Apple M1 Ultra

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100), vs Apple M1 Ultra. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Apple M1 Ultra
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)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
1744
Apple M1 Ultra
1510
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
14502
Apple M1 Ultra
23841
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
128
Apple M1 Ultra
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
970
Apple M1 Ultra
1625
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
3928
Apple M1 Ultra
3869
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
24446
Apple M1 Ultra
41344
Integer Math75.4 GOps/s92.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math109.6 GOps/s130.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search295 M primes/s540 M primes/s
Random String Sort32.8 M strings/s67.1 M strings/s
Data Encryption16.4 GB/s25 GB/s
Data Compression212 MB/s559.3 MB/s
Physics1742 frames/s5529 frames/s
Extended Instructions163 M matrices/s246 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
2880
Apple M1 Ultra
2436
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
15211
Apple M1 Ultra
18530
File Compression1150 MB/s2000 MB/s
Clang Compilation144.9 KLines/s189 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser338.7 pages/s513.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering416.5 MP/sec548.8 MP/sec
Text Processing268.6 pages/s250.5 pages/s
Background Blur67.7 frames/s42.3 frames/s
Photo Processing117.6 frames/s151.4 frames/s
Ray Tracing25 MP/sec27.8 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
n/a
Apple M1 Ultra
406.35

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 661.3 PPW 264.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 1062.9 PPW 590.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 42.2 PPW 23.2 PPW
Blender / W n/a 5.81 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Qualcomm Apple
Announced October, 24, 2023 March, 8, 2022
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M1
Model number X1E-84-100 APL1106/APL1W06
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 16
Threads 12 16
Frequency 3.8 GHz 3.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.2 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a2.1 GHz
General
Cores count1220
Threads count1220
Multiplier38xn/a
L1 cachen/a192 KB/core
L2 cache12 KB/core48 KB/core
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 114 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 23 W 70 W
Max TDP (Boost) 80 W n/a
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5x-8448 LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 64 GB 128 GB
Channels 8 16
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 135 GB 800 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 n/a

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