Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) vs Apple M4 (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100), vs Apple M4 (10-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) and Apple M4 (10-Core)
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 M4 (10-Core)
2102
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12160
Apple M4 (10-Core)
12124
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
108
Apple M4 (10-Core)
174
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
840
Apple M4 (10-Core)
977
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
3156
Apple M4 (10-Core)
4583
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
22953
Apple M4 (10-Core)
24027
Integer Math65.5 GOps/s55.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math99.3 GOps/s50 GOps/s
Prime Number Search309 M primes/s269 M primes/s
Random String Sort32.3 M strings/s34.8 M strings/s
Data Encryption14.7 GB/s15.2 GB/s
Data Compression241.4 MB/s286.6 MB/s
Physics1535 frames/s2525 frames/s
Extended Instructions155 M matrices/s14 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
2392
Apple M4 (10-Core)
3849
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
14045
Apple M4 (10-Core)
15100
File Compression1140 MB/s1500 MB/s
Clang Compilation131.2 KLines/s118.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser351.4 pages/s335.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering377.7 MP/sec396.3 MP/sec
Text Processing219.9 pages/s357.1 pages/s
Background Blur61.6 frames/s72.2 frames/s
Photo Processing126.6 frames/s141.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing20.8 MP/sec17.8 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 401.3 PPW 686.4 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 655.8 PPW 1092.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 24 PPW 44.4 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Qualcomm Apple
Announced October, 24, 2023 May, 7, 2024
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv8 ARMv9
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M4
Model number X1E-78-100 n/a
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Apple M4 GPU (10-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 4
Threads 12 4
Frequency 3.4 GHz 4.41 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a6
Threadsn/a6
Frequencyn/a2.59 GHz
General
Cores count1210
Threads count1210
Multiplier34x44x
L1 cache96 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache12 KB/core16 KB/core
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 28 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 35 W 22 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 LPDDR5X-7500
Max Size 64 GB 32 GB
Channels 8 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 135 GB 120 GB

Other

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

Note

Apple M4 (10-Core):

SoC is designed using ARMv9.2-A architecture.

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 (10-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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