Apple M3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

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We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 with 8 cores 4.05GHz and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus with 10 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

Better graphics card performance

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 3.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 42MB)

Lower TDP (20W vs 23W)

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5X-8448 vs LPDDR5-6400)

Larger memory bandwidth (135GB/s vs 102.4GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 +24%

3009

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

2418

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3

11805

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus +11%

13147

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Apple M3 +28%

140

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

109

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

Apple M3

707

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus +19%

845

Blender

Apple M3

175

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus +105%

360

Apple M3

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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Apr 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

Qualcomm

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

ARMv9

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Snapdragon X

-

Processor Number

X1E-84-100

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Custom

Apple M3 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Qualcomm Adreno

-

Generation

Oryon

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Custom

20 W

Power Consumption

23 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

80 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Samsung TSMC

-

Die Size

mm²

-

Package

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

10

4

Performance Core Threads

10

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

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

10

8

Total Thread Count

10

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

34x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

-

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

-

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

42 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

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

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1280

Shader Units

80

Texture Units

40

Raster Operation Units

160

Execution Units

-

Power Consumption

4.1 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

3.8 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

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