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

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
53 out of 100
Apple M1
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Apple M1

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M1 and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5x-8448 RAM
  • Newer - released 3 years later
  • Around 66.75 GB/s (98%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1 integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 2.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2410 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
vs
Apple M1

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#107th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1150 MB/sec 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 71.9 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 10702 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 34.9 PPW 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt - 6.81 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Eggburt)Cinebench 2024127 / 794
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Apple M1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2273 / 7967
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)Geekbench 6 CPU2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Geekbench 6 CPU2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Apple M1

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released October 24, 2023 November 20, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M1
Model number X1E-84-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M1 GPU
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro -
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 12 8
Multiplier 38x -
L1 Cache - 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 16 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 14 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 172nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 1536 1024
TMUs 96 64
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 6 128
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) +77%
4.6 TFLOPS
Apple M1
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 -

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
90 (59.6%)
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Total votes: 151

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Comments

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