Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) (97/100)

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)

52/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent 92.0 Excellent
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.0 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) —
Multiplier 46x 30x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 8
Total Cores 18 8
Total Threads 18 8
Unlocked Multiplier No No
L2 Cache — 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache — 6MB (shared)

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 47.5 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 83.5 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 985.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 271 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 299.5 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 106.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 13.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 197.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Codename Apple M5 Snapdragon X
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
Released March 3, 2026 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Qualcomm
Apple Equivalent — -Apple M2
Model number — X1-26-100

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 614 GB/s 135 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 32 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5X-8448

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C —
Socket Apple M-Socket Custom
TDP (PL1) 72 W —
Transistors 28 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 165.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 11B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 190M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 57.4 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 38.1 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1329 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 22.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW —
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW —
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW —

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —
📘 2025-03-18(Rennsport) — GeekBench
📘 2025-11-25(Ryzen) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-06-14->deadlinepl — GeekBench

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
Execution Units 640 3
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1107 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
ROPs 160 24
Shading Units 5120 768
TMUs 320 48
GPU Base Clock — 280 MHz

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
PCI Express Lanes — 12
PCI Express Version — 4.0
Technologies — - Other: ARM64, ARMv8, CRC32, FMAC, Hexagon NPU, NEON, V8 Crypto, V8.1 Atomic, V8.2 DP, V8.3 JSCVT, V8.3 LRCPC, VFP32

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