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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) vs Apple M2

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100)
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100)
Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.04 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) with 10-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 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 M2 and (X2P-64-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100)
  • Newer - released 3 years and 8 months later
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-9523 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • Around 49.6 GB/s (48%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Adreno X2-45 integrated graphics: 3.9 vs 2.9 TFLOPS
  • 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3279 vs 2589 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100)
vs
Apple M2

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#184th 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 - 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur - 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing - 107 images/sec
Ray tracing - 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 61.9 GOps/sec 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 76.6 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 276M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 38.6M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.6 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 270.6 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 2033 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.2B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2 & 4611 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 25.4 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 410.9 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 738.4 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt - 6.07 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 Plus (X2P-64-100) and Apple M2

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released January 5, 2026 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M2
Model number X2P-64-100 -
Integrated GPU Adreno X2-45 Apple M2 GPU
Rival Equivalent - Apple M4 (10-Core) -
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 4
P-Threads 10 4
Base Frequency (P) 4.04 GHz 3.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 10 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x -
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 18 W
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Laptop processors ranking (48th and 133rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Adreno X2-45 Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1700 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 1152 1024
TMUs 72 64
ROPs 36 32
Execution Units - 128
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) +34%
3.9 TFLOPS
Apple M2
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to Adreno X2-45

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9523 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels - 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 152 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 -

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Comments

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