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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) vs Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)

91 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
VS
89 out of 100
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) with 18-cores against the 4.51 GHz Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) with 14-cores. 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 (1)

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 (14-Core) and (X2E-96-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-9523 RAM
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
  • Around 45 GB/s (20%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
vs
M4 Pro (14-Core)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 6050
Cinebench Scores (26th and 52nd place)
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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 2070 MB/sec 2250 MB/sec
Clang compilation 224.4 Klines/sec 187.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 599.6 pages/sec 586.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 668.6 Mpixels/sec 624.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 328 pages/sec 367.3 pages/sec
Background blur 82.4 images/sec 86.9 images/sec
Photo processing 210.7 images/sec 200.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 38.9 Mpixels/sec 30.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 112.4 GOps/sec 84 GOps/sec
Floating point math 138.8 GOps/sec 85.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 357M Primes/sec 530M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 58.1M Strings/sec 54.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.6 GBytes/sec 23 GBytes/sec
Data compression 381 MBytes/sec 487.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2130 Frames/sec 5313 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 20B Matrices/sec 25.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 8 & 805 samples

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.5 PPW 36.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 240.6 PPW 492.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 385.8 PPW 825.7 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
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๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-24 (TechWolf)Cinebench 2024171 / 1698
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-26 (cyw)Cinebench 2024172 / 1678
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) and Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released September 25, 2025 October 29, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M4
Model number X2E-96-100 -
Integrated GPU Adreno X2-90 Apple M4 GPU (20-core)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) -
Successor - - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 18 10
P-Threads 18 10
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 4.51 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.59 GHz
Total
Total Cores 18 14
Total Threads 18 14
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 36x 45x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 9MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 96 W 46 W
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (6th and 8th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Adreno X2-90 Apple M4 GPU (20-core)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1850 MHz 1578 MHz
Shading Units 2048 2560
TMUs 128 160
ROPs 64 80
Execution Units 12 320
TGP - 26 W
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core) compared to Adreno X2-90

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9523 - LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 6 16
Max. Memory Bandwidth 228 GB/s 273 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 12 -

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Total votes: 149

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) or Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)?
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ComputerNerd January 18, 2026 at 09:45 PM
I would like to give the Snapdragon X2 Elite the win, but more watts (96 TDP watts vs 46) and not as optimized apps hurts it a lot. Therefore, I still trust the M4 Pro more. I am skeptical about the 96 watts for the Snapdragon X2 Elite CPU because 12 efficiency cores should produce far less watt usage. Hopefully, that is a typo. If not, the tech community will roast it on all forms of social media.
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