Apple M4 8 Core vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 8 Core with 8 cores 4.41GHz 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 M4 8 Core 's Advantages
Released 1 years late
Higher base frequency (4.41GHz vs 3.8GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Lower TDP (20W vs 65W)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8448 vs 7500)
Larger memory bandwidth (135GB/s vs 120GB/s)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+24%
2091
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
1673
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
11229
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+29%
14548
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+23%
3674
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
2980
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
13664
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+11%
15226
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Apple M4 8 Core
+30%
173
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
133
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Apple M4 8 Core
911
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
+33%
1220
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
Oct 2023
Apple
Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv9
Instruction Set
Arm-64
Apple M4
Core Architecture
Oryon
-
Processor Number
Snapdragon X Elite
Apple M-Socket
Socket
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
Integrated Graphics
Adreno
-
Generation
Oryon
Package
28 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
20 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
4
Performance Cores
12
4
Performance Core Threads
12
4.41 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.59 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
8
Total Core Count
12
8
Total Thread Count
12
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
44
Multiplier
192 K per core
L1 Cache
-
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
-
-
L3 Cache
42 MB
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-7500
Memory Types
LPDDR5x-8448
-
Max Memory Size
64 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
120 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
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1024
Shader Units
64
Texture Units
32
Raster Operation Units
128
Execution Units
15
Power Consumption
3.7 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
4.6 TFLOPS
