Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite vs Apple M3 Max

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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Apple M3 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite with 12 cores 3.8GHz and Apple M3 Max with 16 cores 4.05GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5x-8448 vs LPDDR5-6400)

Lower TDP (23W vs 40W)

Apple M3 Max 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

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

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.8GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

1673

Apple M3 Max +17%

1968

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

14548

Apple M3 Max +66%

24163

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

2980

Apple M3 Max +8%

3227

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

15226

Apple M3 Max +39%

21173

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

133

Apple M3 Max +11%

148

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

1220

Apple M3 Max +38%

1692

Blender

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite +10%

470

Apple M3 Max

425

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

VS

Apple M3 Max

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Oct 2023

Qualcomm

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

Arm-64

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Oryon

Core Architecture

Apple M3

Snapdragon X Elite

Processor Number

-

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Adreno

Integrated Graphics

Apple M3 Max GPU (38-core)

Oryon

Generation

-

Package

-

Transistor Count

92 billions

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

Socket

Apple M-Socket

23-65 W

Power Consumption

40 W

80 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

Samsung TSMC

Foundry

-

mm²

Die Size

-

Package

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

12

Performance Core Threads

12

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.05 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.05 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.75 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

2.57 GHz

12

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

Multiplier

40x

-

L1 Cache

192 K per core

-

L2 Cache

32 MB shared

42 MB

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5x-8448

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

8

135 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

409.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1600 MHz

Shader Units

5120

Texture Units

320

Raster Operation Units

160

Execution Units

640

Power Consumption

-

4.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

16.4 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

Official Website

-

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

PCIe Lanes

-

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