After months of accumulated hype, Windows on Arm laptops boasting the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processors have landed. Qualcomm promised “flawless” compatibility with Windows games, but while it’s some games do indeed run well on the hardware, the performance gaps between Snapdragon X Elite and competing AMD/Intel iGPUs are oftentimes staggering. And that’s only when […]
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Qualcomm touts Intel-beating gaming performance for its Snapdragon X Arm chip, promises gaming app plus monthly GPU driver updates
With the first examples of laptops powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X chip landing with actual buying customers, Qualcomm has released some more juicy details around gaming performance and features. According to Qualcomm, its new Arm chip trades blows with Intel’s Meteor Lake laptop CPUs, sometimes beating them handily, in a range of games. The […]
The Snapdragon X Elite gets beat by an old iPhone in early testing
Benchmarks for the upcoming Snapdragon X Elite chip are already making the rounds, and they’re disappointing. One user on Reddit, u/caponica23, received the Samsung Galaxy Book Edge 14 early and published an extensive post with some initial findings. And the performance of the Snapdragon X Elite chip inside the PC is much lower than expected. […]
Qualcomm CEO says Arm taking 50% of the Windows PC market in five years is realistic — some OEMs expect Snapdragon chips to be 60% of their sales within three years
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon held a question-and-answer session with the press here at Computex 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan, as the company drives home its go-to-market message around its Snapdragon X Elite processors and celebrates its ecosystem of partners. I asked Amon what he thinks about Arm CEO Rene Haas’s recent statement that he expects Arm […]
Intel’s next-gen Lunar Lake processors will launch in new AI PCs sooner than you think, hot on the heels of Snapdragon X and ARM
What you need to know Intel’s next generation of mobile processors, codenamed Lunar Lake, will be released with OEM devices in Q3 2024 (between July and September). Primarily focused on AI with an upgraded 45+ TOPS NPU, Lunar Lake will also include Intel’s codename ‘Battlemage’ GPU on what it calls the “XPU” system-on-a-chip. Details on […]
Next-gen Arm Snapdragon X chips for PCs to arrive in 2025 — major Dell leak exposes Qualcomm’s roadmap with ‘V2’ and ‘V3’ models
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X mobile processors are already poised for sequels, with the yet unreleased CPUs already slated for 2nd and 3rd generation releases for notebook PCs in mid-2025 and late 2027. A major Dell leak acquired by VideoCardz contains an XPS roadmap, which also contains auspicious dates for Snapdragon X’s future. The leaked Dell executive […]
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips in Dell XPS 13 Plus laptops will nearly double battery life over Intel, cost half as much
According to leaked internal documents, buyers of upcoming Dell XPS 13 Plus laptops with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor could enjoy twice as much battery life during video playback. Dell has been testing the new Arm-based laptops and comparing them with older XPS 13 systems using the Intel Alder Lake-P chip. In addition to the […]
Motorola Edge 50 Pro with Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 is launching early next month
What you need to know Motorola Edge 50 Pro is launching in India on April 3. The device is listed on the country’s Flipkart e-commerce site. The listing reveals most of the device’s specs, including SoC and cameras. Motorola is gearing up to release its next premium mid-range smartphone in India on April 3, dubbed […]
OnePlus Ace 3V debuts with the latest Snapdragon 7 series chip and a bigger battery
What you need to know OnePlus Ace 3V debuts with Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 SoC. The mid-range device comes with a new design featuring a 50MP primary camera. It is equipped with a 5500mAh battery with support for 100W fast charging. As Qualcomm just announced the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 for the masses, […]