Apple M3 Max vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

VS

Apple M3 Max Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Max with 16 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 Max 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

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

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.8GHz)

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 's Advantages

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

Lower TDP (23W vs 40W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +17%

1968

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

1673

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +66%

24163

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

14548

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +8%

3227

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

2980

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +39%

21173

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

15226

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Apple M3 Max +11%

148

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

133

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

Apple M3 Max +38%

1692

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

1220

Blender

Apple M3 Max

425

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite +10%

470

Apple M3 Max

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 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Adreno

-

Generation

Oryon

Package

92 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

40 W

Power Consumption

23-65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

80 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Samsung TSMC

-

Die Size

mm²

-

Package

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

12

Performance Core Threads

12

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 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

12

16

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

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

2

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

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

5120

Shader Units

320

Texture Units

160

Raster Operation Units

640

Execution Units

-

Power Consumption

16.4 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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