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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) vs Apple M3

70 out of 100
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100)
VS
67 out of 100
Apple M3
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100)
Apple M3

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.04 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) with 10-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 (X2P-64-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100)
  • Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-9523 RAM
  • Around 49.6 GB/s (48%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3279 vs 3009 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100)
vs
Apple M3

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2341
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 - 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] โ€“ 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 61.9 GOps/sec 42.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 76.6 GOps/sec 48.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 276M Primes/sec 231M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 38.6M Strings/sec 27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.6 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 270.6 MBytes/sec 225 MBytes/sec
Physics 2033 Frames/sec 1867 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.2B Matrices/sec 10B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 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 25.4 PPW 35.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 410.9 PPW 590.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 738.4 PPW 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 Plus (X2P-64-100) and Apple M3

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released January 5, 2026 October 30, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M3
Model number X2P-64-100 -
Integrated GPU Adreno X2-45 Apple M3 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 4.05 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.75 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 10 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x 40x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 20 W
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (48th and 69th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Adreno X2-45 Apple M3 GPU
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1700 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 1152 1280
TMUs 72 80
ROPs 36 40
Execution Units - 160
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) +11%
3.9 TFLOPS
Apple M3
3.5 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 GPU (10-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

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M3 or Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100)?
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