Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E 90 100) vs Apple A9

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SOC Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E 90 100) Qualcomm · 2025-09

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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

X2E-90-100

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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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CPU Performance

Performance Cores

18

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Performance Core Threads

18

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Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

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Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 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

34

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L1 Cache

288 K per core

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Unlocked Multiplier

No

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Memory Parameters

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-9523

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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

2048

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Texture Units

128

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Raster Operation Units

64

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Execution Units

12

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Miscellaneous

Official Website

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PCIe Version

5.0

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PCIe Lanes

12

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CPU

Architecture

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2x 1.85 GHz – Twister

Frequency

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1850 MHz

Cores

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2

Instruction set

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ARMv8-A

L1 cache

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64 KB

L2 cache

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0

L3 cache

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0

Process

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14 nm

Transistor count

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2

TDP

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5 W

Manufacturing

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TSMC

Graphics

GPU name

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PowerVR GT7600

GPU frequency

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650 MHz

Execution units

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6

Shading units

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32

Vulkan version

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1.1

OpenCL version

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1.2

DirectX version

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11

Memory

Memory Type

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LPDDR4

Memory frequency

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1333 MHz

Bus

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2x 16 Bit

Max bandwidth

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14.9 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)

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Apple M9

Storage type

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NVMe

Max display resolution

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2048 x 1536

Max camera resolution

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1x 32MP, 2x 12MP

Video capture

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4K at 30FPS

Video playback

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4K at 30FPS

Video codecs

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H.264, H.265

Audio codecs

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AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support

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LTE Cat. 6

5G support

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No

Download speed

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Up to 450 Mbps

Upload speed

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Up to 150 Mbps

Wi-Fi

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5

Bluetooth

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4.2

Navigation

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GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced

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Sep 2015

Class

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Flagship

Model number

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APL1022

Benchmark

Geekbench 6

3,995

623

Geekbench 6

20,629

957

AnTuTu 10

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285,954

FP32 (float)

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249

▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.