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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100) vs Apple M3

80 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100)
VS
67 out of 100
Apple M3
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100)
Apple M3

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100) with 12-cores against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 with 8-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

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 M3 and (X2E-84-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100)
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-9523 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 11 months later
  • More powerful Adreno X2-85 integrated graphics: 7 vs 3.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Around 49.6 GB/s (48%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3633 vs 3009 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100)
vs
Apple M3

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 648 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4609 2341
Cinebench Scores (#107th 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 - 1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 264.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 313.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 297 pages/sec
Background blur - 50.2 images/sec
Photo processing - 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing - 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 438 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 72.6 GOps/sec 42.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 85.5 GOps/sec 48.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 257M Primes/sec 231M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 45M Strings/sec 27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 306.7 MBytes/sec 225 MBytes/sec
Physics 1792 Frames/sec 1867 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16B Matrices/sec 10B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2 & 1563 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 - 35.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt - 590.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 953.3 PPW
Blender / Watt - 8.02 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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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100) and Apple M3

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released September 25, 2025 October 30, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M3
Model number X2E-84-100 -
Integrated GPU Adreno X2-85 Apple M3 GPU
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.05 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.75 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x 40x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) - 20 W
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (21st and 68th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Adreno X2-85 Apple M3 GPU
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1700 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 2048 1280
TMUs 128 80
ROPs 64 40
Execution Units 12 160
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100) +100%
7 TFLOPS
Apple M3
3.5 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 GPU (10-core) compared to Adreno X2-85

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9523 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 152 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100) official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 -

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Comments

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