Apple M4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

VS

Apple M4

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 with 10 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 's Advantages

Released 7 months late

Higher base frequency (4.41GHz vs 3.8GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)

Lower TDP (22W vs 65W)

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (8448 vs 7500)

Larger memory bandwidth (135GB/s vs 120GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M4 +25%

2101

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

1673

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M4

12133

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite +19%

14548

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 +21%

3610

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

2980

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4

15091

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

15226

Blender

Apple M4

236

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite +99%

470

Apple M4

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

General Parameters

May 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 (10-core)

Integrated Graphics

Adreno

-

Generation

Oryon

Package

28 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

22 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

6

Efficiency Cores

-

6

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.89 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

10

Total Core Count

12

10

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

32 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

4

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

1280

Shader Units

80

Texture Units

40

Raster Operation Units

160

Execution Units

15

Power Consumption

4.6 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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