Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Is Insanely Fast As A Standalone Chip, But Compared With The M5 Pro & M5 Max, It Might As Well Be A Whole Generation Behind

Qualcomm introduced its third-generation Oryon cores to its Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, bumping up the specifications to an impressive 18-core CPU, resulting in significantly increased single-core and multi-core performance. Unfortunately, these upgrades might give Windows laptops some bragging rights when compared as individual products, but as soon as you put the M5 Pro and M5 Max into the mix, the story changes immediately. In the latest single-core and multi-core benchmark comparison, the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme continues to lag behind its direct competition.

Disappointingly, the M5 Pro and M5 Max are up to 26 percent faster than the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, with the latter also losing to the older M4 Max

On Geekbench 6, the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme was tested in the upcoming ASUS Zenbook 16, obtaining single-threaded and multi-threaded scores of 4,033 and 23,198, respectively. These results are far superior to the Snapdragon X Elite, but it’s always important to gauge the competition, or more specifically, the new Apple Silicon range.

Sadly, the M5 Pro and M5 Max are in a league of their own, registering up to a 26 percent lead in both single-core and multi-core performance. What’s even more disappointing about these results is that the M4 Max, belonging to Apple’s previous-generation lineup of chipsets, is faster than the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, putting into perspective how far ahead the Cupertino giant is when it comes to in-house chipset development.

Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (18-core CPU)

• Single-core - 4,033
• Multi-core - 23,198

M5 Pro (18-core CPU)

• Single-core - 4,242 (M5 Pro is 5.2 percent faster than Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme)
• Multi-core - 28,111 (M5 Pro is 21.2 percent faster than Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme)

M5 Max (18-core CPU)

• Single-core - 4,268 (M5 Max is 5.8 percent faster than Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme)
• Multi-core - 29,233 (M5 Max is 26 percent faster than Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme)

M4 Max (16-core CPU)

• Single-core score - 4,049 (M4 Max is 0.40 percent faster than Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme)
• Multi-core score - 26,509 (M4 Max is 14.27 percent faster than Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme)

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While Qualcomm can be criticized for being a whole generation behind, it is essential to be reminded that this is only the San Diego’s second-generation chipset release that leverages fully custom CPU cores for laptops, whereas Apple has been on this path for years. It should take the company a couple more releases to be held in the same conversation as its rival, but for now, the M5 Pro and M5 Max have secured convincing victories here.

News Source: Geekbench 6

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