4 spec wins — Apple M4 (10-core)2 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100
InnoReviews verdict
Apple M4 (10-core) wins this laptop processor face-off, 62.3 to 45.4, pulling ahead mainly in Single-core (+45) and efficiency (+14). Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100 still makes sense if its price or standout specs fit your needs better.
Editor's note
The two Arm mainstream chips of the moment, and the M4 wins the silicon contest outright: 3,810 single-core against 2,410 is a generation-and-a-half of gap, with multi-core ahead too. What the X Plus wins is the price of the laptops it ships in — Surface-class machines routinely sell $400-600 below MacBook Air street prices. The M4 is the better chip; whether it is the better purchase depends entirely on which operating system you were buying anyway.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the Apple M4 (10-core)
Stronger Single-core score: 86 vs 40
Stronger efficiency score: 93 vs 79
58% higher Geekbench 6 (single): 3,810 vs 2,410
30% higher Boost clock: 4.4 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
25% lower process: 3 nm vs 4 nm
Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100
150% higher Performance cores: 10 vs 4
100% higher Max memory: 64 GB vs 32 GB
General
General comparison: Apple M4 (10-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100
Spec
Apple M4 (10-core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100
Announced
2024
2024
Process
3 nm+25%
4 nm
Base TDP
—
23 W
Cores & Clocks
Cores & Clocks comparison: Apple M4 (10-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100
Spec
Apple M4 (10-core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100
Cores
10
10
Performance cores
4
10+150%
Efficiency cores
6
—
Threads
10
10
Base clock
—
3.4 GHz
Boost clock
4.4 GHz+30%
3.4 GHz
L3 cache
—
6 MB
Integrated GPU
Integrated GPU comparison: Apple M4 (10-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100
Spec
Apple M4 (10-core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100
iGPU
Apple 10-core GPU
Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
iGPU clock
—
1,250 MHz
Memory
Memory comparison: Apple M4 (10-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100
Spec
Apple M4 (10-core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100
Memory support
LPDDR5X-7500
LPDDR5X-8448
Max memory
32 GB
64 GB+100%
Benchmarks
Benchmarks comparison: Apple M4 (10-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100
