Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100) vs Apple M4 (10-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100) with 12-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

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 (10-Core) 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 5 months later
  • More powerful Adreno X2-85 integrated graphics: 7 vs 3.8 TFLOPS
  • Around 32 GB/s (27%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 648 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4609 3211
Cinebench Scores (107th and 156th place)

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 - 1500 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 120.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 329.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 362.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 352.1 pages/sec
Background blur - 69.8 images/sec
Photo processing - 114.4 images/sec
Ray tracing - 18.1 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 72.6 GOps/sec 54.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 85.5 GOps/sec 49.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 257M Primes/sec 263M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 45M Strings/sec 34.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 15.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 306.7 MBytes/sec 280.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1792 Frames/sec 2527 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16B Matrices/sec 13.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2 & 2752 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
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

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M4 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (doannguuyenmfs)GeekBench3703 / 15450
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-18 (Avacada)GeekBench3906 / 15577
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-05 (Dovlet)GeekBench3916 / 15202
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-31 (gmamorim)GeekBench3730 / 15258
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (LC)Cinebench 2024174 / 993

Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100) 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 X2E-84-100 APL1206
Integrated GPU Adreno X2-85 Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.46 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 6
E-Threads - 6
Base Frequency (E) - 2.89 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 10
Total Threads 12 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x 44x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache - 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 28 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) - 24 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 40 W
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (21st and 28th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Adreno X2-85 Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1700 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 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 152 GB/s 120 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-84-100) 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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