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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Apple M2

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 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 M2 and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5x-8448 RAM
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1 integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 2.9 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 5 months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • Around 32.6 GB/s (32%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2880 vs 2589 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
vs
Apple M2

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 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 465 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 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 4611 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 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt - 6.07 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 M2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (T)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 10245
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (AR)Geekbench 6 CPU2655 / 10211
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Shivam)Geekbench 6 CPU2619 / 9900
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Apple M2

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released October 24, 2023 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M2
Model number X1E-84-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M2 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 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 12 8
Multiplier 38x -
L1 Cache - 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 18 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 133rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1398 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) +59%
4.6 TFLOPS
Apple M2
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 102.4 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 -

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Comments

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