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

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

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 Max with 10-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 Max and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • Newer - released 2 years and 1 month later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2431 points
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Around 274.6 GB/s (203%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 4.6 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

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

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 1450 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 105.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 329.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 317 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 249.6 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 42.2 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 122.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 14.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 10 & 447 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 46.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 64.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 278M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 32.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 274.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 2833 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 12.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 21 & 2398 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 15.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 253.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 443.2 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.98 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
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Eggburt)Cinebench 2024127 / 794
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Apple M1 Max
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-07-04 (Daniel)Geekbench 6 CPU2459 / 13052
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Specifications

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

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released October 24, 2023 October 18, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M1
Model number X1E-84-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro -
Successor - - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 2
E-Threads - 2
Base Frequency (E) - 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 10
Total Threads 12 10
Multiplier 38x -
L1 Cache - 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 57 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 50 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 93rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 1536 4096
TMUs 96 256
ROPs 48 128
Execution Units 6 512
TGP 30 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
4.6 TFLOPS
M1 Max +130%
10.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 8 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

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

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 Max or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)?
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