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Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) vs Apple M1

52 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
VS
53 out of 100
Apple M1
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Apple M1

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1. 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 M1 and (X1-26-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
  • Newer - released 4 years and 2 months later
  • Supports up to 32 GB LPDDR5X-8448 RAM
  • Around 66.75 GB/s (98%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
Advantages of Apple M1
  • More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2410 vs 2125 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
vs
Apple M1

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 985.1 MB/sec 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation 83.5 Klines/sec 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 271 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 299.5 Mpixels/sec 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 197.2 pages/sec 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur 47.5 images/sec 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing 106.3 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.1 Mpixels/sec 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 38.1 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 57.4 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 190M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.9M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.5 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 165.6 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 1329 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 156 & 10702 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 - 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt - 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt - 6.81 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 (X1-26-100)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-14 -> deadlineplGeekBench2116 / 10360
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-25 (Ryzen)Cinebench 202496 / 628
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Rennsport)GeekBench2134 / 10544
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Apple M1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1GeekBench2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)GeekBench2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)GeekBench2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-17 (Qianhe)Cinebench 2024110 / 525
Add View all (7)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) and Apple M1

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released January 7, 2025 November 20, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M1
Model number X1-26-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Apple M1 GPU
Rival Equivalent - Apple M2 -
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.0 GHz 3.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 8
Multiplier 30x -
L1 Cache - 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 16 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) - 14 W
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Laptop processors ranking (175th and 171st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock 280 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1107 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 768 1024
TMUs 48 64
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 3 128
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
1.7 TFLOPS
Apple M1 +53%
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to Adreno X1-45

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8448 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 -

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Comments

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