Apple M4 Max
Apple · Oct 2024
Price not listed
58 / 100 spec score
Higher overall- Home
- Processors
- Apple M4 Max vs Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
Apple M4 Max vs Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
Apple M4 Max scores higher overall and wins 2 of 5 areas, but Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 still wins 1.
Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
Qualcomm · Sept 2024
Price not listed
34 / 100 spec score
Area by area
Apple M4 MaxSnapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
Multi-core potentialApple M4 Max leads
Single-core potentialApple M4 Max leads
Cache
Efficiency
AI accelerationSnapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 leads
Why pick Apple M4 Max
- Cores: 16 vs 8
- Threads: 16 vs 8
- Max boost: 4.5 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
16 CPU cores
Why pick Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
- NPU: 45 TOPS vs 38 TOPS
45 TOPS NPU
Tiebreaker
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Your pick
Apple M4 Max
Scores 55 vs 37 on your weighting.
- Apple M4 Max55
- Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-10037
If AI acceleration mattered a bit more to you, Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 would draw level.
Full specifications
| Apple M4 Max | Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Laptop / desktop | Laptop |
| Architecture | Apple silicon | Oryon |
| Socket | SoC | SoC |
| Process | TSMC N3E | TSMC N4 |
| Apple M4 Max | Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 16 | 8 |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Core layout | 12 performance + 4 efficiency | 8 Oryon |
| Base clock | — | 3.2 GHz |
| Max boost | 4.5 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Apple M4 Max | Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 | |
|---|---|---|
| L3 / shared cache | — | 30 MB |
| Memory support | LPDDR5X unified, up to 128 GB | LPDDR5X-8448 |
| Apple M4 Max | Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Integrated graphics | Apple GPU, up to 40 cores | Qualcomm Adreno |
| NPU | 38 TOPS | 45 TOPS |
Green marks the better value where “better” is clear. Specs from each maker’s published pages.