Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E 96 100) vs Apple M2 iPad Which One is Better

General Parameters

Release Date

Sep 2025

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Manufacturer

Qualcomm

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Type

Laptop

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Instruction Set

ARMv9

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Core Architecture

Snapdragon X

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Processor Number

X2-96-100

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Integrated Graphics

Adreno X2-90

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Package

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

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Socket

Custom

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Power Consumption

96 W

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CPU Performance

Performance Cores

18

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Performance Core Threads

18

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Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

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Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

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Total Core Count

18

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Total Thread Count

18

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Bus Frequency

100 MHz

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Multiplier

30

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Unlocked Multiplier

No

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Memory Parameters

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-9523

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Max Memory Bandwidth

228 GB/s

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ECC Memory Support

No

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Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

true

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GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1850 MHz

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Shader Units

2048

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Texture Units

128

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Raster Operation Units

64

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Execution Units

12

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Miscellaneous

Official Website

↗

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PCIe Version

5.0

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CPU

Architecture

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4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard

Frequency

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3490 MHz

Cores

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8

Instruction set

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ARMv8.5-A

L1 cache

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192 KB

L2 cache

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0

Process

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5 nm

Transistor count

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20

TDP

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15 W

Manufacturing

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TSMC

Graphics

GPU name

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Apple M2 GPU

GPU frequency

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1398 MHz

Execution units

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8

Shading units

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128

Memory

Memory Type

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LPDDR5

Memory frequency

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6400 MHz

Bus

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4x 16 Bit

Max bandwidth

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102.4 Gbit/s

AI

NPU

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Apple Neural Engine

Theoretical Performance

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15.8 TOPS

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)

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Yes

Storage type

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NVMe

Max display resolution

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2732 x 2048

Video capture

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4K at 60FPS

Video playback

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4K at 60FPS

Video codecs

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H.264, H.265, VP9

Audio codecs

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AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support

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LTE Cat. 24

5G support

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Yes

Download speed

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Up to 7500 Mbps

Upload speed

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Up to 3000 Mbps

Wi-Fi

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6

Bluetooth

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5.0

Navigation

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GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced

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Jun 2022

Class

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Flagship

Model number

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APL1109

📊 Benchmark

Geekbench 6

4,003

2,623

Geekbench 6

23,081

9,803

AnTuTu 10

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2,188,966

FP32 (float)

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2,918