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Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) vs Apple M2

52 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Apple M2

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2. 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 M2 and (X1-26-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
  • Newer - released 2 years and 8 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • Supports up to 32 GB LPDDR5X-8448 RAM
  • Around 32.6 GB/s (32%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More powerful Apple M2 GPU integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
  • 22% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2589 vs 2125 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
vs
Apple M2

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 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 83.5 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 271 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 299.5 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 197.2 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 47.5 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 106.3 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.1 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 465 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 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 57.4 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 190M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.9M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.5 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 165.6 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1329 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 156 & 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) +42%
154.82
Apple M2
109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.1 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 423.8 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 657.1 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.19 PPW 6.07 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 -> deadlineplGeekbench 6 CPU2116 / 10360
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-25 (Ryzen)Cinebench 202496 / 628
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 CPU2134 / 10544
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Apple M2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (T)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 10245
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (AR)Geekbench 6 CPU2655 / 10211
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Shivam)Geekbench 6 CPU2619 / 9900
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) and Apple M2

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released January 7, 2025 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M2
Model number X1-26-100 -
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Apple M2 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 3.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 30x -
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 25 W 18 W
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Laptop processors ranking (177th and 133rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 280 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1398 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)
1.9 TFLOPS
Apple M2 +53%
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to Adreno X1-45

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8448 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 -

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
44 (56.4%)
34 (43.6%)
Total votes: 78

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Comments

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