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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) vs Apple M5 (10-Core)

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
VS
81 out of 100
Apple M5 (10-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Apple M5 (10-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 (10-Core) with 10-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 (10-Core) and (X1E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5x-8448 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M5 (10-Core)
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • 48% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4276 vs 2880 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Around 18.6 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
vs
M5 (10-Core)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4456
Cinebench Scores (107th and 113th 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 1790 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.9 Klines/sec 138 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 338.7 pages/sec 427.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 416.5 Mpixels/sec 430.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 421.1 pages/sec
Background blur 67.7 images/sec 78.7 images/sec
Photo processing 117.6 images/sec 156.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 25 Mpixels/sec 21.6 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 56.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.9 GOps/sec 75.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 301M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 35.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 17.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.6 MBytes/sec 296.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1748 Frames/sec 3199 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.4B Matrices/sec 15.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21 & 507 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 43.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 434.6 PPW 661.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 708.8 PPW 991.8 PPW
Blender / Watt - 10.22 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 M5 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 -> knotp37Cinebench 20260 / 3841
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU4224 / 17165
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-27 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU4289 / 18011
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) and Apple M5 (10-Core)

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released October 24, 2023 October 15, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M5
Model number X1E-84-100 T8142
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M3 Pro - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 4.61 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 6
E-Threads - 6
Base Frequency (E) - 3.0 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 10
Total Threads 12 10
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 46x
L1 Cache - 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 22MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 28 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 27 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Die Size - 157.48 mmΒ²
Laptop processors ranking (53rd and 21st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1 Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1620 MHz
Shading Units 1536 1280
TMUs 96 80
ROPs 48 40
Execution Units 6 160
TGP 30 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) +12%
4.6 TFLOPS
M5 (10-Core)
4.1 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 153.6 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 -

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
3 (10.7%)
25 (89.3%)
Total votes: 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M5 (10-Core) or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)?
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