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Apple M2 Max (12-core) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100

Apple M2 Max (12-core)
51.5Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
—Inno Score
47.6Single-core—
41.5Multi-core—
80Efficiencyspec-based93.3
52.8Platformspec-based58.7
3 spec wins — Apple M2 Max (12-core)4 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Apple M2 Max (12-core)

  • 33% higher Performance cores: 8 vs 6
  • 20% higher cores: 12 vs 10
  • 20% higher threads: 12 vs 10

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100

  • 40% lower process: 3 nm vs 5 nm
  • 33% higher Max memory: 128 GB vs 96 GB

General

General comparison: Apple M2 Max (12-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecApple M2 Max (12-core)Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
Announced20232026
Process5 nm3 nm+40%

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Apple M2 Max (12-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecApple M2 Max (12-core)Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
Cores12+20%10
Performance cores8+33%6
Efficiency cores44
Threads12+20%10
Boost clock3.7 GHz4 GHz+9%
L3 cache—34 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Apple M2 Max (12-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecApple M2 Max (12-core)Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
iGPUApple 38-core GPUQualcomm Adreno X2-45
iGPU clock—1,700 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple M2 Max (12-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecApple M2 Max (12-core)Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
Memory supportLPDDR5-6400LPDDR5x-9523
Max memory96 GB128 GB+33%

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple M2 Max (12-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecApple M2 Max (12-core)Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
Geekbench 6 (single)2,760Top 44%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)14,500Top 40%—
Cinebench R23 (single)1,600Top 80%—
Cinebench R23 (multi)14,600Top 57%—

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