Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) vs Apple M6 (12-Core)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) with 8-cores against the undefined GHz Apple M6 (12-Core) with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Please note that the tests on the Apple M6 (12-Core) are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
Key Differences
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
- Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-8448 RAM
Advantages of Apple M6 (12-Core)
- Newer - released 2 years later
- More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 4 nanometers
- 86% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4501 vs 2422 points
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Around 34.8 GB/s (26%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 24.1 PPW | - |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 388.2 PPW | - |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) and Apple M6 (12-Core)General
| Vendor | Qualcomm | Apple |
| Released | September 4, 2024 | August 25, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Snapdragon X | Apple M6 |
| Model number | X1P-46-100 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - Apple M2 | - |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.4 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4 GHz | - |
| E-Cores | - | 6 |
| E-Threads | - | 6 |
| Total Cores | 8 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | - |
| Multiplier | 34x | - |
| L1 Cache | 288K (per core) | - |
| L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) | - |
| L3 Cache | 6MB (shared) | - |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 2 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | - |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 35 W | - |
| Socket | Custom | Apple M-Socket |
Laptop processors ranking (#117th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 280 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1367 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 768 | - |
| TMUs | 48 | - |
| ROPs | 24 | - |
| Execution Units | 3 | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8448 | - LPDDR5X-10667 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 135.2 GB/s | 170 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100) official page | - |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | - |
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