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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) vs Apple M4 (8-Core)

60 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
VS
74 out of 100
Apple M4 (8-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
Apple M4 (8-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) with 12-cores against the 4.46 GHz Apple M4 (8-Core) with 8-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 (8-Core) and (X1E-78-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5x-8448 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 integrated graphics: 3.7 vs 3 TFLOPS
  • Around 15.2 GB/s (13%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Apple M4 (8-Core)
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • 55% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3706 vs 2392 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
vs
M4 (8-Core)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (180th and 181st 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 1440 MB/sec
Clang compilation 131.2 Klines/sec 94.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 351.4 pages/sec 301.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 377.7 Mpixels/sec 343.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 219.9 pages/sec 350.9 pages/sec
Background blur 61.6 images/sec 56.6 images/sec
Photo processing 126.6 images/sec 144.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.8 Mpixels/sec 14.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

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 -
Floating point math 97.3 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 300M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 31.9M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 14.6 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 238 MBytes/sec -
Physics 1560 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 15.1B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 288 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 45.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 401.3 PPW 666.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 648.4 PPW 1033.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.51 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
📘 2026-02-23 (Galina)Cinebench 2024107 / 919
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Apple M4 (8-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-08 -> B00_1999Geekbench 6 CPU3684 / 15022
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) and Apple M4 (8-Core)

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released October 24, 2023 October 29, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8 ARMv9
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M4
Model number X1E-78-100 APL1206
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M4 (8-Core) -

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.46 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.85 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 44x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 20 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 45 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100°C
Die Size - 169.4 mm²
Laptop processors ranking (101st and 34th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1470 MHz
Shading Units 1536 1024
TMUs 96 64
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 6 128
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) +23%
3.7-4.6 TFLOPS
M4 (8-Core)
3 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M4 GPU (8-core) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR5X-7500
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135.2 GB/s 120 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 12 -

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
11 (61.1%)
7 (38.9%)
Total votes: 18

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M4 (8-Core) or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)?
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