Apple M3 Max vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

VS

Apple M3 Max

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus with 10 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 Max 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 135GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (8448 vs 6400)

Lower TDP (23W vs 40W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +32%

1968

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

1488

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +102%

24163

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

11931

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +37%

3227

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

2347

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +63%

21173

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

12973

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +35%

148

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

109

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +100%

1692

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

845

Blender

Apple M3 Max +15%

415

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

360

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 Max +49%

4793

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

3208

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +84%

40041

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

21685

Apple M3 Max

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Apr 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

Qualcomm

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

ARMv9

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Snapdragon X

-

Processor Number

X1P-64-100

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Custom

Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Qualcomm Adreno X1

-

Generation

Oryon

Package

92 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

40 W

Power Consumption

23 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

80 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Samsung TSMC

-

Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

10

12

Performance Core Threads

10

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

16

Total Core Count

10

16

Total Thread Count

10

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

34x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

-

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

-

L3 Cache

42 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-8448

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

8

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

135 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

5120

Shader Units

1536

320

Texture Units

48

160

Raster Operation Units

6

640

Execution Units

6

-

Power Consumption

16.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

3.8 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

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