Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) vs Apple M1
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) with 12-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
- Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5x-8448 RAM
- Newer - released 2 years and 11 months later
- Around 66.95 GB/s (98%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 4 more physical cores
- More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 integrated graphics: 3.7 vs 2.6 TFLOPS
- More modern manufacturing process β 4 versus 5 nanometers
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#180th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1140 MB/sec | 941 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 131.2 Klines/sec | 68.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 351.4 pages/sec | 192.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 377.7 Mpixels/sec | 211.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 219.9 pages/sec | 250.8 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 61.6 images/sec | 34.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 126.6 images/sec | 60.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 20.8 Mpixels/sec | 9.74 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 64.4 GOps/sec | 33.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 97.3 GOps/sec | 35.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 300M Primes/sec | 141M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 31.9M Strings/sec | 21M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 14.6 GBytes/sec | 8.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 238 MBytes/sec | 168 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1560 Frames/sec | 1359 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 15.1B Matrices/sec | 7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 26.3 PPW | 37.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 401.3 PPW | 610.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 648.4 PPW | 1008.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 7.51 PPW | 6.81 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-02-23 (Galina) | Cinebench 2024 | 107 / 919 |
Apple M1
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-24 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2420 / 8793 |
| π 2026-03-06 (gaR) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2396 / 8763 |
| π 2025-04-11 (Ario) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2395 / 8820 |
| π 2025-04-11 (Ario) | Cinebench 2024 | 110 / 465 |
| π 2025-01-17 (Qianhe) | Cinebench 2024 | 110 / 525 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) and Apple M1General
| Vendor | Qualcomm | Apple |
| Released | October 24, 2023 | November 20, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Snapdragon X | Apple M1 |
| Model number | X1E-78-100 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 | Apple M1 GPU |
| Rival Equivalent | - Apple M4 (8-Core) | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 (10-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 12 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.4 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | - | 4 |
| E-Threads | - | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.1 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | - |
| Multiplier | 34x | - |
| L1 Cache | 288K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 12MB (shared) |
| L3 Cache | 6MB (shared) | - |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 16 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 35 W | 14 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 45 W | - |
| Socket | Custom | Apple M-Socket |
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iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 | Apple M1 GPU |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 450 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1250 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 1024 |
| TMUs | 96 | 64 |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 6 | 128 |
| TGP | 30 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5x-8448 | - LPDDR4X-4266 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 135.2 GB/s | 68.25 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) official page | - |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 12 | - |
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