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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E 84 100) vs Apple M1 iPad

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 4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
Frequency 3200 MHz
Cores 8
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 0
Process 5 nm
Transistor count 16
TDP 14 W
Manufacturing TSMC
Graphics
GPU name Apple M1 GPU
GPU frequency 1278 MHz
Execution units 8
Shading units 128
Memory
Memory Type LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4266 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 68.25 Gbit/s
AI
NPU Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance 11 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) Yes
Storage type NVMe
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048
Video capture 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced Nov 2020
Class Flagship
Model number APL1102
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core 3633 2304
Geekbench 6 Multi Core 16025 8422