Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-88-100 vs Apple A13 Bionic

SOC Specs Compare

General Parameters

Release Date
Sep 2025
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Manufacturer
Qualcomm
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Type
Laptop
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Instruction Set
ARMv9
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Core Architecture
Snapdragon X
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Processor Number
X2-88-100
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Integrated Graphics
Adreno X2-90
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Package

Manufacturing Process
3 nm
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Socket
Custom
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Power Consumption
23 W
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Max Turbo Power Consumption
80 W
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CPU Performance

Performance Cores
6
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Performance Core Threads
6
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
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Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.4 GHz
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Efficiency Cores
12
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Efficiency Core Threads
12
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
3.6
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
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Total Core Count
18
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Total Thread Count
18
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Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
30
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L3 Cache
53 MB
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Unlocked Multiplier
No
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Memory Parameters

Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9523
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Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
8
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Max Memory Bandwidth
152 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
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Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1700 MHz
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Shader Units
1536
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Texture Units
96
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Raster Operation Units
48
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Execution Units
6
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AI Accelerator

NPU
Qualcomm Hexagon NPU
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Theoretical performance
80 TOPS
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Miscellaneous

Official Website
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PCIe Version
5.0
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PCIe Lanes
16
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CPU

Architecture
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2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Frequency
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2650 MHz
Cores
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6
Instruction set
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ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache
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128 KB
L2 cache
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8 MB
Process
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7 nm
Transistor count
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8.5
TDP
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6 W
Manufacturing
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TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
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Apple A13 GPU
GPU frequency
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1230 MHz
Execution units
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4
Shading units
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64
Vulkan version
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1.1
OpenCL version
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2.1
DirectX version
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12.1

Memory

Memory Type
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LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
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2133 MHz
Bus
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4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
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34.1 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
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Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
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5 TOPS

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
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Neural Engine
Storage type
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NVMe
Max display resolution
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2688 x 1242
Video capture
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4K at 60FPS
Video playback
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4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
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- H.264- H.265- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
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- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
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LTE Cat. 18
5G support
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No
Download speed
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Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed
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Up to 350 Mbps
Wi-Fi
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6
Bluetooth
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5.0
Navigation
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GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
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Sep 2019
Class
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Flagship

📊 Benchmark

Cinebench R23
2,006
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Cinebench R23
20,200
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Geekbench 6
3,836
1,748
Geekbench 6
20,306
4,161
Cinebench 2024
145
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Cinebench 2024
1,432
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AnTuTu 10
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891,274
FP32 (float)
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629