Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Apple M4 Ultra
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We compared two CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) (laptop) with 12-cores against the 4.52 GHz Apple M4 Ultra (desktop) with 32-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Please note that the tests on the Apple M4 Ultra are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M4 Ultra
- Around 917 GB/s (679%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More powerful Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) integrated graphics: 32.3 vs 4.6 TFLOPS
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
- Has 20 more physical cores
- Newer - released 1 year and 6 months later
- 41% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4062 vs 2880 points
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#107th place)
GeekBench v6
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 | - |
PassMark
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 | - |
Performance Per Watt
| 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
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-10-24 (Eggburt) | Cinebench 2024 | 127 / 794 |
Apple M4 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Apple M4 UltraGeneral
| Vendor | Qualcomm | Apple |
| Released | October 24, 2023 | May 1, 2025 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Snapdragon X | Apple M4 |
| Model number | X1E-84-100 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Qualcomm Adreno X1 | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - Apple M3 Pro | - |
CPU
| P-Cores | 12 | 24 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 24 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.8 GHz | 4.52 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.2 GHz | - |
| E-Cores | - | 8 |
| E-Threads | - | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.89 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 32 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 32 |
| Multiplier | 38x | 45x |
| L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) | - |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 35 W | - |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 80 W | - |
| Socket | Custom | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | - | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#53rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Qualcomm Adreno X1 | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1500 MHz | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 10240 |
| TMUs | 96 | 640 |
| ROPs | 48 | 320 |
| Execution Units | 6 | 1280 |
| TGP | 30 W | 120 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5x-8448 | - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 64 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 135 GB/s | 1052 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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