Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) vs Apple M2 Pro

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100), vs Apple M2 Pro. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) and Apple M2 Pro
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-78-100)
1530
Apple M2 Pro
1589
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12160
Apple M2 Pro
13876
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
108
Apple M2 Pro
125
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
840
Apple M2 Pro
795
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
3156
Apple M2 Pro
4097
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
22953
Apple M2 Pro
26649
Integer Math65.5 GOps/s57.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math99.3 GOps/s73.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Search309 M primes/s356 M primes/s
Random String Sort32.3 M strings/s41 M strings/s
Data Encryption14.7 GB/s15.7 GB/s
Data Compression241.4 MB/s335.8 MB/s
Physics1535 frames/s3605 frames/s
Extended Instructions155 M matrices/s143 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
2392
Apple M2 Pro
2666
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
14045
Apple M2 Pro
14489
File Compression1140 MB/s1630 MB/s
Clang Compilation131.2 KLines/s125.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser351.4 pages/s356.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering377.7 MP/sec352.9 MP/sec
Text Processing219.9 pages/s266.9 pages/s
Background Blur61.6 frames/s53.8 frames/s
Photo Processing126.6 frames/s126.3 frames/s
Ray Tracing20.8 MP/sec17 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
n/a
Apple M2 Pro
198.23

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 401.3 PPW 483 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 655.8 PPW 888.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 24 PPW 26.5 PPW
Blender / W n/a 6.61 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Qualcomm Apple
Announced October, 24, 2023 January, 17, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv8 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M2
Model number X1E-78-100 n/a
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 8
Threads 12 8
Frequency 3.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a2.4 GHz
General
Cores count1212
Threads count1212
Multiplier34xn/a
L1 cache96 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache12 KB/core32 KB/core
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 40 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 35 W 30 W
Max TDP (Boost) 45 W n/a
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. n/a 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5x-8448 LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 64 GB 32 GB
Channels 8 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 135 GB 204.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 12 n/a

Results

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