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Apple M4 vs Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100

Apple M4 scores higher overall and wins 2 of 5 areas, but Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 still wins 1.

Apple Apple M4

Apple M4

Apple · May 2024

Price not listed

49 / 100 spec score

Higher overall

Area by area

Apple M4Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
Multi-core potentialApple M4 leads2617
Single-core potentialApple M4 leads4412
Cache—18
Efficiency——
AI accelerationSnapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 leads7690

Why pick Apple M4

  • Max boost: 4.4 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Cores: 10 vs 8
  • Threads: 10 vs 8

38 TOPS Neural Engine

Why pick Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100

  • NPU: 45 TOPS vs 38 TOPS

45 TOPS NPU

Tiebreaker

What matters to you?

Set how much each area matters. The verdict updates instantly and stays on your device.

Your pick

Apple M4

Scores 49 vs 37 on your weighting.

  1. Apple M449
  2. 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

Overview
Apple M4Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
SegmentLaptop / tabletLaptop
ArchitectureApple siliconOryon
SocketSoCSoC
ProcessTSMC N3ETSMC N4
Cores & clocks
Apple M4Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
Cores108
Threads108
Core layout4 performance + 6 efficiency8 Oryon
Base clock—3.2 GHz
Max boost4.4 GHz3.4 GHz
Cache & memory
Apple M4Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
L3 / shared cache—30 MB
Memory supportLPDDR5X unified, up to 32 GBLPDDR5X-8448
Power & graphics
Apple M4Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
Integrated graphicsApple 10-core GPUQualcomm Adreno
NPU38 TOPS45 TOPS

Green marks the better value where “better” is clear. Specs from each maker’s published pages.