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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) vs Apple M3

58 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
VS
67 out of 100
Apple M3
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
Apple M3

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3. 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 M3 and (X1P-46-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-8448 RAM
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • Around 32.8 GB/s (32%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Apple M3
  • More powerful Apple M3 GPU integrated graphics: 3.5 vs 2.1 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • 24% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3009 vs 2422 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
vs
Apple M3

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2341
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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 - 1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 264.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 313.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 297 pages/sec
Background blur - 50.2 images/sec
Photo processing - 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing - 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 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 - 42.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 48.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 231M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 225 MBytes/sec
Physics - 1867 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 10B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 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 24.1 PPW 35.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 388.2 PPW 590.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 953.3 PPW
Blender / Watt - 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
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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 Plus (X1P-46-100) and Apple M3

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released September 4, 2024 October 30, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M3
Model number X1P-46-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Apple M3 GPU
Rival Equivalent - Apple M2 -
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 8 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 8 8
Total Threads 8 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) 30 W 20 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 35 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (118th and 69th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Apple M3 GPU
GPU Base Clock 280 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1367 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 768 1280
TMUs 48 80
ROPs 24 40
Execution Units 3 160
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
2.1 TFLOPS
Apple M3 +67%
3.5 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 GPU (10-core) compared to Adreno X1-45

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 Plus (X1P-46-100) official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0

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Comments

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