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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) vs Apple M3 Max

60 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
VS
83 out of 100
Apple M3 Max
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
Apple M3 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) with 12-cores against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Max with 16-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 Max and (X1E-78-100)
Advantages of Apple M3 Max
  • More powerful Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) integrated graphics: 14.1 vs 3.7 TFLOPS
  • Around 274.4 GB/s (203%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 35% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3227 vs 2392 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
vs
M3 Max

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5133
Cinebench Scores (180th and 51st 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 1140 MB/sec 2190 MB/sec
Clang compilation 131.2 Klines/sec 198.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 351.4 pages/sec 557.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 377.7 Mpixels/sec 648.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 219.9 pages/sec 309.1 pages/sec
Background blur 61.6 images/sec 68.9 images/sec
Photo processing 126.6 images/sec 183.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.8 Mpixels/sec 30.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 678 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 64.4 GOps/sec 91.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 97.3 GOps/sec 131.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 300M Primes/sec 573M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.9M Strings/sec 61.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.6 GBytes/sec 24.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 238 MBytes/sec 530.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1560 Frames/sec 4332 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.1B Matrices/sec 24.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 288 & 409 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 26.3 PPW 30.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 401.3 PPW 378 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 648.4 PPW 735.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.51 PPW 7.21 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-78-100)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-23 (Galina)Cinebench 2024107 / 919
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Apple M3 Max
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-09-27 (JayZeppelin)Cinebench 2024142 / 1698
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-04-27 (Guest #1)Cinebench 2024141 / 1459
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) and Apple M3 Max

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released October 24, 2023 October 30, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M3
Model number X1E-78-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M4 (8-Core) -
Successor - - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 12
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.05 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.75 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 16
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x 40x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 92 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 56 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 45 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (101st and 15th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 1536 5120
TMUs 96 320
ROPs 48 160
Execution Units 6 640
TGP 30 W 60 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
3.7-4.6 TFLOPS
M3 Max +281%
14.1 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 8 32
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135.2 GB/s 409.6 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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Comments

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