Apple M3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E 78 100
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E 78 100 with 12 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M3 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 42MB)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Lower TDP (20W vs 35W)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E 78 100 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8448 vs 6400)
Larger memory bandwidth (135GB/s vs 102.4GB/s)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M3
+25%
1920
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E 78 100
1530
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M3
10448
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E 78 100
+16%
12159
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M3
+25%
3009
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E 78 100
2390
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M3
11805
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E 78 100
+18%
14047
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Apple M3
+29%
140
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E 78 100
108
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Apple M3
707
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E 78 100
+18%
840
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M3
+52%
4850
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E 78 100
3184
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M3
19597
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E 78 100
+19%
23475
General Parameters
Oct 2023
Release Date
Oct 2023
Apple
Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
ARMv8
Apple M3
Core Architecture
Snapdragon X
-
Processor Number
X1E-78-100
Apple M-Socket
Socket
Custom
Apple M3 GPU
Integrated Graphics
Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
Package
25 billions
Transistor Count
-
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
20 W
Power Consumption
35 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
45 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
12
4
Performance Core Threads
12
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
4.05 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.75 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
2.57 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
8
Total Core Count
12
8
Total Thread Count
12
40x
Multiplier
34
192 K per core
L1 Cache
96 K per core
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
12 MB shared
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
42 MB
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
LPDDR5x-8448
24 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
8
102.4 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
300 MHz
1600 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1250 MHz
1280
Shader Units
1536
80
Texture Units
96
40
Raster Operation Units
48
160
Execution Units
6
-
Power Consumption
80
4.1 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
3.7 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
Qualcomm Hexagon NPU
-
Theoretical performance
45 TOPS
