Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) vs Apple M4 (10-Core)

We compared two 10-core laptop CPUs: the 4.04 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) against the 4.46 GHz Apple M4 (10-Core). 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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between (10-Core) and (X2P-64-100)
Advantages of Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100)
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-9523 RAM
  • Around 32 GB/s (27%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Apple M4 (10-Core)
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3777 vs 3279 points

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 (Multi) - 3211
Cinebench Scores (184th and 157th 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 61.9 GOps/sec 54.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 76.6 GOps/sec 49.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 276M Primes/sec 263M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 38.6M Strings/sec 34.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.6 GBytes/sec 15.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 270.6 MBytes/sec 280.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 2033 Frames/sec 2527 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.2B 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 25.4 PPW 40.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 410.9 PPW 617.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 738.4 PPW 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 Plus (X2P-64-100)
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 Plus (X2P-64-100) and Apple M4 (10-Core)

General

Vendor Qualcomm Apple
Released January 5, 2026 May 7, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M4
Model number X2P-64-100 APL1206
Integrated GPU Adreno X2-45 Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - Apple M4 (10-Core) - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 4
P-Threads 10 4
Base Frequency (P) 4.04 GHz 4.46 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 6
E-Threads - 6
Base Frequency (E) - 2.89 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 10
Total Threads 10 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x 44x
L1 Cache 288K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 28 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35 W 24 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 40 W
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature - 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (48th and 29th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Adreno X2-45 Apple M4 GPU (10-core)
GPU Base Clock 500 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1700 MHz 1470 MHz
Shading Units 1152 1280
TMUs 72 80
ROPs 36 40
Execution Units - 160
TGP - 18 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9523 - LPDDR5X-7500
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels - 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 152 GB/s 120 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P-64-100) official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 12 -
Further details
Notes on M4 (10-Core):
    - SoC is designed using ARMv9.4-A architecture.

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