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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) vs Apple M5 (iPad)

SOC SOC
General Parameters
Release Date Oct 2023
Manufacturer Qualcomm
Type Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv8
Core Architecture Snapdragon X
Processor Number X1E-78-100
Integrated Graphics Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
Package
Manufacturing Process 4 nm
Socket Custom
Power Consumption 35 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption 45 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores 12
Performance Core Threads 12
Performance Core Base Frequency 3.4 GHz
Total Core Count 12
Total Thread Count 12
Multiplier 34
L1 Cache 96 K per core
L2 Cache 12 MB shared
L3 Cache 42 MB
Unlocked Multiplier No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types LPDDR5x-8448
Max Memory Size 64 GB
Max Memory Channels 8
Max Memory Bandwidth 135 GB/s
ECC Memory Support No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics true
GPU Base Frequency 300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency 1250 MHz
Shader Units 1536
Texture Units 96
Raster Operation Units 48
Execution Units 6
Power Consumption 80
AI Accelerator
NPU Qualcomm Hexagon NPU
Theoretical performance 45 TOPS
Miscellaneous
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PCIe Version 4.0
PCIe Lanes 12
CPU
Architecture 4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
Frequency 4600 MHz
Cores 10
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 320 KB
L2 cache 16 MB
Process 3 nm
Manufacturing TSMC
Memory
Memory Type LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4800 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 153 Gb/s
AI
NPU Apple Neural Engine
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type NVMe
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064
Video capture 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes
Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced Oct 2025
Class Flagship
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core 2390 4175
Geekbench 6 Multi Core 14047 15577