Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100) vs Apple M4 (10-Core)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100) with 18-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
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100)
- Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-9523 RAM
- Newer - released 1 year and 5 months later
- More powerful Adreno X2-90 integrated graphics: 7.6 vs 3.8 TFLOPS
- Around 108 GB/s (90%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 8 more physical cores
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 7218 | 3211 |
Cinebench Scores (52nd and 158th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1950 MB/sec | 1500 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 224 Klines/sec | 120.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 540.6 pages/sec | 329.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 611.3 Mpixels/sec | 362.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 312.9 pages/sec | 352.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 76.5 images/sec | 69.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 195.9 images/sec | 114.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 38.6 Mpixels/sec | 18.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
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 |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 40.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 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
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M4 (10-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-06-13 (doannguuyenmfs) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3703 / 15450 |
| ๐ 2026-04-18 (Avacada) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3906 / 15577 |
| ๐ 2026-03-05 (Dovlet) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3916 / 15202 |
| ๐ 2025-12-31 (gmamorim) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3730 / 15258 |
| ๐ 2025-12-28 (LC) | Cinebench 2024 | 174 / 993 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100) and Apple M4 (10-Core)General
| Vendor | Qualcomm | Apple |
| Released | September 25, 2025 | May 7, 2024 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Snapdragon X | Apple M4 |
| Model number | X2-94-100 | APL1206 |
| Integrated GPU | Adreno X2-90 | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - Apple M4 (10-Core) | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 (10-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 18 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 18 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz | 4.46 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.7 GHz | - |
| E-Cores | - | 6 |
| E-Threads | - | 6 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.89 GHz |
| Total Cores | 18 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 10 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 36x | 44x |
| L1 Cache | 288K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (per core) | 16MB (shared) |
| L3 Cache | 9MB (shared) | - |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 28 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 24 W |
| Socket | Custom | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100ยฐC | 100ยฐC |
| Die Size | 220 mmยฒ | 169.4 mmยฒ |
Laptop processors ranking (12th and 28th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Adreno X2-90 | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1850 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 128 | 80 |
| ROPs | 64 | 40 |
| Execution Units | 12 | 160 |
| TGP | - | 18 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9523 | - LPDDR5X-7500 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 10 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 228 GB/s | 120 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-94-100) official page | - |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | - |
| PCI Express Lanes | 12 | - |
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
- SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.
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