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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) vs Apple M3

64 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
VS
67 out of 100
Apple M3
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
Apple M3

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) with 12-cores against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 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 (2)

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 M3 and (X1E-80-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5x-8448 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Around 32.8 GB/s (32%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Apple M3
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
vs
Apple M3

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2341
Cinebench Scores (#176th 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 1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation 135.5 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 363.5 pages/sec 264.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 357.9 Mpixels/sec 313.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 256.6 pages/sec 297 pages/sec
Background blur 63.4 images/sec 50.2 images/sec
Photo processing 128.1 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.9 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 & 438 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 65.1 GOps/sec 42.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 98.2 GOps/sec 48.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 291M Primes/sec 231M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34M Strings/sec 27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.3 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 224.2 MBytes/sec 225 MBytes/sec
Physics 1664 Frames/sec 1867 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.3B Matrices/sec 10B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 568 & 1563 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 26.5 PPW 35.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 416.7 PPW 590.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 653.8 PPW 953.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.86 PPW 8.02 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-80-100)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-21 (Heisemerie)Geekbench 6 CPU2831 / 14992
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Apple M3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (doannguyenmfs)Geekbench 6 CPU2991 / 11735
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-16 (darkknightSup)Geekbench 6 CPU2990 / 11498
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) and Apple M3

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-80-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Apple M3 GPU
Rival Equivalent - Apple M4 (8-Core) -
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.05 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.75 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 12 8
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 - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 20 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (77th and 69th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 Apple M3 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 1536 1280
TMUs 96 80
ROPs 48 40
Execution Units 6 160
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) +6%
3.7-4.6 TFLOPS
Apple M3
3.5 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 GPU (10-core) compared to Adreno X1-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5x-8448 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135.2 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 -

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
54 (78.3%)
15 (21.7%)
Total votes: 69

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M3 or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)?
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PTYC May 24, 2024 at 11:59 PM
The Lenovo Slim 7x and HP Omnibook are about $200 more than the MacBook Air M3, with much better specs and 20% plus more performance. Considering the M3 is a sunset chip with N3B, hopefully the next M4 MacBook Air brings better specs. The M4 might also be closer to the X1E84.
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Bob June 6, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Um actually the M4 is already out
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