Apple M4 Max 16 Core vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M4 Max 16 Core with 16 cores 4.52GHz 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 Max 16 Core 's Advantages
Released 1 years late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 8448)
Larger memory bandwidth (546GB/s vs 135GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.52GHz vs 3.8GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 's Advantages
Lower TDP (65W vs 70W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M4 Max 16 Core
+36%
2281
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
1673
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M4 Max 16 Core
+88%
27392
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
14548
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M4 Max 16 Core
+33%
3984
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
2980
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M4 Max 16 Core
+71%
26185
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
15226
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Apple M4 Max 16 Core
+40%
187
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
133
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Apple M4 Max 16 Core
+67%
2045
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
1220
General Parameters
Oct 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 Max GPU (40-core)
Integrated Graphics
Adreno
-
Generation
Oryon
Package
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
70 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
12
Performance Cores
12
12
Performance Core Threads
12
4.52 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.59 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
16
Total Core Count
12
16
Total Thread Count
12
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
45
Multiplier
-
L3 Cache
42 MB
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-8533
Memory Types
LPDDR5x-8448
-
Max Memory Size
64 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
546 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
5120
Shader Units
320
Texture Units
160
Raster Operation Units
640
Execution Units
62
Power Consumption
18.4 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
4.6 TFLOPS
