Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) (97/100)

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) (56/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Efficiency 98.0 Excellent WINNER 90.0 Excellent
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 67.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.2 GHz
E-Cores 12
E-Threads 12
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 288K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 32x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 8
Total Cores 18 8
Total Threads 18 8
Unlocked Multiplier No No
L2 Cache 12MB (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Background blur 100.3 images/sec 51.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 262.5 Klines/sec 92.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2530 MB/sec 1000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 738.1 pages/sec 270.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 744.9 Mpixels/sec 297 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 250.8 images/sec 111.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 46.5 Mpixels/sec 13.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 450.7 pages/sec 225.8 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Codename Apple M5 Snapdragon X
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
Released March 3, 2026 September 4, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Qualcomm
Apple Equivalent -Apple M2
Model number X1P-42-100

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 307 GB/s 135 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 16 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5X-8448

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket Custom
Transistors 28 billions
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 35 W
TDP (PL1) 30 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Data compression 697.9 MBytes/sec 180.1 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 10.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.3B Matrices/sec 11.9B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 486M Primes/sec 205M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.8 GOps/sec 62 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.7 GOps/sec 40.8 GOps/sec
Physics 5687 Frames/sec 1384 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 85.6M Strings/sec 24.9M Strings/sec

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Execution Units 320 3
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1107 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
ROPs 80 24
Shading Units 2560 768
TGP 28 W
TMUs 160 48
GPU Base Clock 280 MHz

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Official Site Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) official page
PCI Express Lanes 12
PCI Express Version 4.0

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Blender / Watt 5.93 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 376.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 597.1 PPW

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