Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) vs Apple M6 (12-Core)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) with 18-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 X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
- Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-9523 RAM
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Around 58 GB/s (34%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Apple M6 (12-Core)
- Newer - released 11 months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 3 nanometers
- 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4501 vs 4004 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#26th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 2070 MB/sec | - |
| Clang compilation | 224.4 Klines/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 599.6 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 668.6 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Text processing | 328 pages/sec | - |
| Background blur | 82.4 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 210.7 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 38.9 Mpixels/sec | - |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 112.4 GOps/sec | - |
| Floating point math | 138.8 GOps/sec | - |
| Find prime numbers | 357M Primes/sec | - |
| Random string sorting | 58.1M Strings/sec | - |
| Data encryption | 26.6 GBytes/sec | - |
| Data compression | 381 MBytes/sec | - |
| Physics | 2130 Frames/sec | - |
| Extended instructions | 20B Matrices/sec | - |
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 20.5 PPW | - |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 240.6 PPW | - |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 385.8 PPW | - |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) and Apple M6 (12-Core)General
| Vendor | Qualcomm | Apple |
| Released | September 25, 2025 | August 25, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Snapdragon X | Apple M6 |
| Model number | X2E-96-100 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Adreno X2-90 | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) | - |
CPU
| P-Cores | 18 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 18 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | - |
| E-Cores | - | 6 |
| E-Threads | - | 6 |
| Total Cores | 18 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | - |
| Multiplier | 36x | - |
| L1 Cache | 288K (per core) | - |
| L2 Cache | 16MB (shared) | - |
| L3 Cache | 9MB (shared) | - |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 2 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 96 W | - |
| Socket | Custom | Apple M-Socket |
Laptop processors ranking (#6th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Adreno X2-90 | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1850 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 2048 | - |
| TMUs | 128 | - |
| ROPs | 64 | - |
| Execution Units | 12 | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9523 | - LPDDR5X-10667 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 6 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 228 GB/s | 170 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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