Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) vs Apple M1 Pro

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100), vs Apple M1 Pro. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) and Apple M1 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-80-100)
1712
Apple M1 Pro
1529
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
13072
Apple M1 Pro
12108
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
123
Apple M1 Pro
106
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
928
Apple M1 Pro
775
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
3310
Apple M1 Pro
3800
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
23242
Apple M1 Pro
21899
Integer Math65.9 GOps/s45.9 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math99.6 GOps/s64.3 GOps/s
Prime Number Search302 M primes/s273 M primes/s
Random String Sort34.8 M strings/s32.6 M strings/s
Data Encryption14.6 GB/s12.2 GB/s
Data Compression223.1 MB/s273.4 MB/s
Physics1689 frames/s2671 frames/s
Extended Instructions158 M matrices/s122 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
2792
Apple M1 Pro
2328
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
14584
Apple M1 Pro
10305
File Compression1150 MB/s1230 MB/s
Clang Compilation135.5 KLines/s82.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser363.5 pages/s249.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering357.9 MP/sec271.3 MP/sec
Text Processing256.6 pages/s246.4 pages/s
Background Blur63.4 frames/s36.9 frames/s
Photo Processing128.1 frames/s102.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing23.9 MP/sec10.7 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
n/a
Apple M1 Pro
186.87

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 416.7 PPW 343.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 664.1 PPW 730 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 26.5 PPW 25.8 PPW
Blender / W n/a 6.23 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Qualcomm Apple
Announced October, 24, 2023 October, 18, 2021
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv8 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M1
Model number X1E-80-100 n/a
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 8
Threads 12 8
Frequency 3.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a2
Threadsn/a2
Frequencyn/a2.1 GHz
General
Cores count1210
Threads count1210
Multiplier34xn/a
L1 cache96 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache12 KB/core24 KB/core
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 33.7 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

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 n/a
Max PCIe Lanes 12 n/a

Results

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