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

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

We compared two 12-core laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro. 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 (2)

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 Pro and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5x-8448 RAM
  • Newer - released 9 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • Around 69.8 GB/s (52%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 4.6 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

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

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 1630 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 125.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 356.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 352.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 266.9 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 53.8 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 126.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 17 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 917 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 57.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 73.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 354M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 15.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 334.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 3611 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 14.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 584 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 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 483 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 890.8 PPW
Blender / Watt - 6.61 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 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-23 (Roman)Cinebench 2024125 / 795
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Specifications

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

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released October 24, 2023 January 17, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M2
Model number X1E-84-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro -
Successor - - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 12 8
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 12
Total Threads 12 12
Multiplier 38x -
L1 Cache - 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 40 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 30 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 74th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 1536 2432
TMUs 96 152
ROPs 48 76
Execution Units 6 304
TGP 30 W 35 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
4.6 TFLOPS
M2 Pro +48%
6.8 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 8 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 204.8 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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Total votes: 101

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M2 Pro or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)?
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ComputerNerd May 21, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Similar CPU performance, but I give the edge to Snapdragon X Elite because Windows/Linux allows for SSDs to be upgraded and far more work-related software runs on Windows. Users do not have to adjust their whole software choices for MacOS. Also, gaming since gaming brings in more revenue than the music industry & movie industry.
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NerdComputer July 29, 2026 at 07:42 PM
games or apps that runs on windows on ARM will run on the apple silicon macbook too with decent performance (using Parallels Desktop). So you get both MacOS and Windows (or Linux) with a MacBook. The only problem is that games won't run very well even on Windows on ARM, not much games support for it.
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