Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)

[ 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 Elite (X1E-78-100) (60/100), 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 Elite (X1E-78-100)
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)

60/100
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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 Elite (X1E-78-100)
Efficiency 92.0 Excellent WINNER 82.0 Very Good
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 65.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.4 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 288K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 34x
P-Cores 6 12
P-Threads 6 12
Total Cores 18 12
Total Threads 18 12
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache — 6MB (shared)

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9428 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 734 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
Background blur 106.1 images/sec 61.6 images/sec
Clang compilation 271.1 Klines/sec 131.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2990 MB/sec 1140 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 811.7 pages/sec 351.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 764 Mpixels/sec 377.7 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 303.8 images/sec 126.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.8 Mpixels/sec 20.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 457.1 pages/sec 219.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
Codename Apple M5 Snapdragon X
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
Released March 3, 2026 October 24, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Qualcomm
Apple Equivalent — -Apple M4 (8-Core)
Model number — X1E-78-100

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 614 GB/s 135.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 32 8
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5x-8448

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C —
Socket Apple M-Socket Custom
TDP (PL1) 72 W 35 W
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 45 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
Data compression 689.6 MBytes/sec 238 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 14.6 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 15.1B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 553M Primes/sec 300M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.1 GOps/sec 97.3 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.6 GOps/sec 64.4 GOps/sec
Physics 6847 Frames/sec 1560 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 84.9M Strings/sec 31.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
Blender / Watt 8.1 PPW 7.51 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.8 PPW 26.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 419.7 PPW 401.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 798.1 PPW 648.4 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover GeekBench —
📘 2026-02-23(Galina) — Cinebench 2024

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
Execution Units 640 6
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1250 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
ROPs 160 48
Shading Units 5120 1536
TMUs 320 96
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 30 W

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
Official Site — Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) official page
PCI Express Lanes — 12
PCI Express Version — 4.0

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