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Apple M5 Max (18-core) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100

Apple M5 Max (18-core)
89Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
—Inno Score
92Single-core—
96.6Multi-core—
93.3Efficiencyspec-based93.3
61.9Platformspec-based58.7
4 spec wins — Apple M5 Max (18-core)1 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 M5 Max (18-core)

  • 200% higher Efficiency cores: 12 vs 4
  • 80% higher cores: 18 vs 10
  • 80% higher threads: 18 vs 10
  • 15% higher Boost clock: 4.6 GHz vs 4 GHz

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

  • 42% higher L3 cache: 34 MB vs 24 MB

General

General comparison: Apple M5 Max (18-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecApple M5 Max (18-core)Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
Announced20262026
Process3 nm3 nm

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Apple M5 Max (18-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecApple M5 Max (18-core)Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
Cores18+80%10
Performance cores66
Efficiency cores12+200%4
Threads18+80%10
Boost clock4.6 GHz+15%4 GHz
L3 cache24 MB34 MB+42%

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Apple M5 Max (18-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecApple M5 Max (18-core)Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
iGPUApple 40-core GPUQualcomm Adreno X2-45
iGPU clock—1,700 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple M5 Max (18-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecApple M5 Max (18-core)Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
Memory supportLPDDR5X-9600LPDDR5x-9523
Max memory128 GB128 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple M5 Max (18-core) versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecApple M5 Max (18-core)Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
Geekbench 6 (single)4,322Top 3%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)29,256Top 2%—
PassMark57,677Top 2%—

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