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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E 84 100) vs Apple A18

SOC SOC
General Parameters
Release Date Sep 2025
Manufacturer Qualcomm
Type Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9
Core Architecture Snapdragon X
Processor Number X2E-84-100
Integrated Graphics Adreno X2-85
Package
Manufacturing Process 3 nm
Socket Custom
CPU Performance
Performance Cores 12
Performance Core Threads 12
Performance Core Base Frequency 3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency 4 GHz
Total Core Count 12
Total Thread Count 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
Multiplier 34
L1 Cache 288 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types LPDDR5X-9523
Max Memory Bandwidth 152 GB/s
ECC Memory Support No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics true
GPU Base Frequency 500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency 1700 MHz
Shader Units 2048
Texture Units 128
Raster Operation Units 64
Execution Units 12
Miscellaneous
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PCIe Version 5.0
PCIe Lanes 12
CPU
Architecture 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency 4050 MHz
Cores 6
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 8 MB
Process 3 nm
Manufacturing TSMC
Graphics
GPU name Apple A18 GPU
GPU frequency 1490 MHz
Execution units 5
Shading units 128
Memory
Memory Type LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 3750 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 60 Gb/s
AI
NPU Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance 35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine
Storage type NVMe
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced Sep 2024
Class Flagship
Model number APL1V08
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core 3633 3466
Geekbench 6 Multi Core 16025 8592