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

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

We compared two 12-core laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 Pro. 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 Pro and (X1E-78-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5x-8448 RAM
Advantages of Apple M3 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) integrated graphics: 6.4 vs 3.7 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • 32% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3163 vs 2392 points
  • Around 18.4 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

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

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (180th and 141st 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 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 131.2 Klines/sec 132.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 351.4 pages/sec 382.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 377.7 Mpixels/sec 393.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 219.9 pages/sec 301 pages/sec
Background blur 61.6 images/sec 61.4 images/sec
Photo processing 126.6 images/sec 144.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.8 Mpixels/sec 19.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 991 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 55.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 97.3 GOps/sec 64.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 300M Primes/sec 240M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.9M Strings/sec 35.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.6 GBytes/sec 14.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 238 MBytes/sec 288.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1560 Frames/sec 2060 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.1B Matrices/sec 14.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 288 & 1204 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 35.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 401.3 PPW 517.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 648.4 PPW 801.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.51 PPW 7.62 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
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-23 (Galina)Cinebench 2024107 / 919
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Apple M3 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Geekbench 6 CPU3198 / 14601
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Kirich)Cinebench 2024150 / 946
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Specifications

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

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 Pro GPU (18-core)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M4 (8-Core) -
Successor - - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

CPU

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

Package

Transistors - 37 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 30 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 45 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (101st and 40th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 1536 2304
TMUs 96 144
ROPs 48 72
Execution Units 6 288
TGP 30 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
3.7-4.6 TFLOPS
M3 Pro +73%
6.4 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 36 GB
Memory Channels 8 12
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135.2 GB/s 153.6 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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