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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Apple M4 Max (14-Core)

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
89 out of 100
Apple M4 Max (14-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Apple M4 Max (14-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 4.51 GHz Apple M4 Max (14-Core) with 14-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 (14-Core) and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Apple M4 Max (14-Core)
  • Around 274.6 GB/s (203%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 12.9 vs 4.6 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • 39% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3996 vs 2880 points
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
vs
M4 Max (14-Core)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (107th and 50th 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 2360 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 191.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 604.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 588.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 375.9 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 86.9 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 216.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 30.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 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 84.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 85.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 544M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 55M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 23.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 491.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 5742 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 26.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 21 & 320 samples

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 34.9 PPW 27.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 375.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 619.1 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 M4 Max (14-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-28 (M4R7N)Geekbench 6 CPU3891 / 23147
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-02 (Joel)Cinebench 2024181 / 1702
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Apple M4 Max (14-Core)

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released October 24, 2023 October 30, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M4
Model number X1E-84-100 T6041
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro -
Successor - - Apple M5 Max (32-ัore GPU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 10
P-Threads 12 10
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 4.51 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.59 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 14
Total Threads 12 14
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 45x
L1 Cache - 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 62 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 7th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1578 MHz
Shading Units 1536 4096
TMUs 96 256
ROPs 48 128
Execution Units 6 512
TGP 30 W 51 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
4.6 TFLOPS
M4 Max (14-Core) +180%
12.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M4 Max GPU (32-core) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 8 24
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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Choose between two processors
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Total votes: 75

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M4 Max (14-Core) or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)?
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