Apple M3 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

VS

Apple M3 Pro

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Pro with 12 cores 4.05GHz and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite with 12 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 Pro 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Larger memory bandwidth (153.6GB/s vs 135GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.8GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)

Lower TDP (30W vs 65W)

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (8448 vs 6400)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +19%

1992

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

1673

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +4%

15139

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

14548

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +5%

3155

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

2980

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro

15057

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite +1%

15226

Blender

Apple M3 Pro

253

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite +85%

470

Apple M3 Pro

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Oct 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Qualcomm

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

Arm-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Oryon

-

Processor Number

Snapdragon X Elite

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Apple M3 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

Adreno

-

Generation

Oryon

Package

37 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

23-65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

80 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Samsung TSMC

-

Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

12

6

Performance Core Threads

12

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

6

Efficiency Cores

-

6

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

12

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

192 K per core

L1 Cache

-

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

-

L3 Cache

42 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5x-8448

36 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

3

Max Memory Channels

2

153.6 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

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2304

Shader Units

144

Texture Units

72

Raster Operation Units

288

Execution Units

-

Power Consumption

7.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

4.6 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

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