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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Apple M6 (12-Core)

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
86 out of 100
Apple M6 (12-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Apple M6 (12-Core)

We compared two 12-core laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) against the 4.79 GHz Apple M6 (12-Core). 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 (12-Core) and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5x-8448 RAM
Advantages of Apple M6 (12-Core)
  • Newer - released 2 years and 10 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 4 nanometers
  • 60% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4610 vs 2880 points
  • Around 35 GB/s (26%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
vs
M6 (12-Core)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (107th and 91st 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 -
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec -
Background blur 67.7 images/sec -
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec -
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 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 -
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec -
Physics 1748 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3] – 21 samples

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 34.9 PPW -
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW -
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 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 M6 (12-Core)
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Apple M6 (12-Core)

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released October 24, 2023 August 25, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M6
Model number X1E-84-100 T8152
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro -

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 6
P-Threads 12 6
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 4.79 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 6
E-Threads - 6
Total
Total Cores 12 12
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 47x
L1 Cache - 256K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 2 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W -
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 10th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 1536 1536
TMUs 96 96
ROPs 48 80
Execution Units 6 192
TGP 30 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
4.6 TFLOPS
M6 (12-Core) +7%
4.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M6 GPU (12-core) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR5X-10667
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 170 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

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