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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) vs Apple M2 Pro

58 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
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65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
Apple M2 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) with 8-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro with 12-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 Pro and (X1P-46-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-8448 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 4 versus 5 nanometers
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 2.1 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Around 69.6 GB/s (51%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2666 vs 2422 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
vs
M2 Pro

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 - 1630 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 125.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 356.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 352.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 266.9 pages/sec
Background blur - 53.8 images/sec
Photo processing - 126.3 images/sec
Ray tracing - 17 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] โ€“ 917 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math - 57.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 73.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 354M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 40.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 15.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 334.8 MBytes/sec
Physics - 3611 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 14.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] โ€“ 584 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 24.1 PPW 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 388.2 PPW 483 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 890.8 PPW
Blender / Watt - 6.61 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
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) and Apple M2 Pro

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released September 4, 2024 January 17, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M2
Model number X1P-46-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M2 -
Successor - - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 12
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x -
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 40 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 30 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 35 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (118th and 74th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
GPU Base Clock 280 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1367 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 768 2432
TMUs 48 152
ROPs 24 76
Execution Units 3 304
TGP - 35 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
2.1 TFLOPS
M2 Pro +224%
6.8 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) compared to Adreno X1-45

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8448 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 8 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135.2 GB/s 204.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M2 Pro or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)?
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