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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100) vs Apple M1

65 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100)
VS
53 out of 100
Apple M1
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100)
Apple M1

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4,04 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100) with 6-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 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 M1 and (X2P-42-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100)
  • Newer - released 5 years and 3 months later
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-9523 RAM
  • Around 83.75 GB/s (123%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • 34% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3238 vs 2410 points
Advantages of Apple M1
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 2.1 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100)
vs
Apple M1

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 - 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur - 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing - 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing - 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 36.4 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 56.9 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 212M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.9M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.9 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 165.4 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 1445 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.7B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7 & 10702 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 75.2 PPW 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 1195.7 PPW 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1698 PPW 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 17.2 PPW 6.81 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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πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2273 / 7967
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)Geekbench 6 CPU2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Geekbench 6 CPU2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100) and Apple M1

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released January 5, 2026 November 20, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M1
Model number X2P-42-100 -
Integrated GPU Adreno X2-45 Apple M1 GPU
Rival Equivalent - Apple M2 -
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 4
Base Frequency (P) 4,04 GHz 3.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 8
Total Threads 6 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x -
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 16 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 10 W 14 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 22 W -
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Laptop processors ranking (71st and 172nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Adreno X2-45 Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 910 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 1152 1024
TMUs 72 64
ROPs 36 32
Execution Units - 128
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100)
2.1 TFLOPS
Apple M1 +24%
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to Adreno X2-45

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9523 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 152 GB/s 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-42-100) official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 -

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Comments

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