Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) vs Apple M1

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100), vs Apple M1. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) and Apple M1
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 (X1-26-100)
975
Apple M1
1514
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
6897
Apple M1
7800
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
96
Apple M1
108
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
646
Apple M1
445
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
n/a
Apple M1
3681
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
n/a
Apple M1
14147
Integer Mathn/a33.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a35.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a142 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a21.1 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a8.6 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a168.8 MB/s
Physicsn/a1364 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a69 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
2123
Apple M1
2383
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
10521
Apple M1
8765
File Compressionn/a936.1 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a71.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a204.8 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a241.1 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a242.5 pages/s
Background Blurn/a34.8 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a79.9 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a9.28 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
n/a
Apple M1
95.27

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 350.7 PPW 626.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 1010.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 21.5 PPW 31.8 PPW
Blender / W n/a 6.81 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Qualcomm Apple
Announced January, 7, 2025 November, 20, 2020
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M1
Model number X1-26-100 n/a
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Apple M1 GPU

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 4
Threads 8 4
Frequency 2.98 GHz 3.2 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a2.1 GHz
General
Cores count88
Threads count88
Multiplier29xn/a
L1 cachen/a192 KB/core
L2 cache1536 KB/core12 KB/core
L3 Cache6 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 16 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 15-30 W 14 W
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8448 LPDDR4X-4266
Max Size 64 GB 16 GB
Channels 8 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 135 GB 68.25 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0

Results

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