Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) vs Apple M4 (10-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) with 8-cores against the 4.46 GHz Apple M4 (10-Core) with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between (10-Core) and (X1P-46-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-8448 RAM
  • Around 15.2 GB/s (13%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Apple M4 (10-Core)
  • More powerful Apple M4 GPU (10-core) integrated graphics: 3.8 vs 2.1 TFLOPS
  • 56% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3777 vs 2422 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3211
Cinebench Scores (#158th place)

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 - 1500 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 120.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 329.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 362.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 352.1 pages/sec
Background blur - 69.8 images/sec
Photo processing - 114.4 images/sec
Ray tracing - 18.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math - 54.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 49.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 263M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 34.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 15.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 280.5 MBytes/sec
Physics - 2527 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 13.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 2752 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.1 PPW 40.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 388.2 PPW 617.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 983.5 PPW
Blender / Watt - 9.58 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 Plus (X1P-46-100)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M4 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (doannguuyenmfs)Geekbench 6 CPU3703 / 15450
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-18 (Avacada)Geekbench 6 CPU3906 / 15577
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-05 (Dovlet)Geekbench 6 CPU3916 / 15202
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-31 (gmamorim)Geekbench 6 CPU3730 / 15258
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (LC)Cinebench 2024174 / 993

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) and Apple M4 (10-Core)

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released September 4, 2024 May 7, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M4
Model number X1P-46-100 APL1206
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M2 - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.46 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 6
E-Threads - 6
Base Frequency (E) - 2.89 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 8 10
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

Transistors - 28 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 30 W 24 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 35 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Die Size - 169.4 mmΒ²
Laptop processors ranking (118th and 28th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
GPU Base Clock 280 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1367 MHz 1470 MHz
Shading Units 768 1280
TMUs 48 80
ROPs 24 40
Execution Units 3 160
TGP - 18 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.8 TFLOPS

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 Plus (X1P-46-100) official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 -
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
    - SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.

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