News Geekom QS1 Pro mini-PC wields Snapdragon X Elite 4 GHz CPU and up to 64GB LPDDR6-5600

[Admin]

Specifications for the first Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite mini-PC have leaked on the internet.

Geekom QS1 Pro mini-PC wields Snapdragon X Elite 4 GHz CPU and up to 64GB LPDDR6-5600 : Read more

 

[thestryker]

I would like to point out that it implies LPDDR5 DIMMs (I thought CAMM2 at first, but there aren't any 5600 models and it says "32GB modules" to get to 64GB which isn't a thing with CAMM2) which don't exist. I'm guessing if that part is accurate at all its actually DDR5 and not LPDDR5.

 

[Notton]

The price point to beat is $799 $699, which is their own A8 with R7 8845HS w/ 32GB+1TB on sale.
If it costs more than that, you might as well get the A8.
The Radeon 780M in the 8845HS does 8.294 FP32 TFLOPS.

In fact, if you look outside Geekom, there are plenty of significantly cheaper 7840HS mini-PCs, and they use the same Radeon 780M.
We are talking $450 to $550 ball park.
The only thing you miss out on with a 7840HS is the NPU, which only does 10TOPS.

 

[usertests]

The price point to beat is $799 $699, which is their own A8 with R7 8845HS w/ 32GB+1TB on sale.
If it costs more than that, you might as well get the A8.
The Radeon 780M in the 8845HS does 8.294 FP32 TFLOPS.

In fact, if you look outside Geekom, there are plenty of significantly cheaper 7840HS mini-PCs, and they use the same Radeon 780M.
We are talking $450 to $550 ball park.
The only thing you miss out on with a 7840HS is the NPU, which only does 10TOPS.

I will consider this Snapdragon at $300, preferably $200.

 

[Notton]

I will consider this Snapdragon at $300, preferably $200.

oh come on now, you can't even buy an Orange Pi 5 Plus with a Rockchip RK3588, 32GB for $200. And that doesn't even come with an enclosure or SSD!

 

[usertests]

oh come on now, you can't even buy an Orange Pi 5 Plus with a Rockchip RK3588, 32GB for $200. And that doesn't even come with an enclosure or SSD!

I could probably get a Rembrandt 8-core mini PC down at around $250-300 (barebones).

When it comes to Snapdragon X Elite, I'm looking for firesale pricing, like when HP's webOS tablet was dumped on the market for $100 back in 2011. Any significant amount of money spent on a Snapdragon X Elite product is a waste.

Ultra-low firesale pricing is probably more likely for the unwanted laptops than Geekom's mini PC.

 

[Notton]

I could probably get a Rembrandt 8-core mini PC down at around $250-300 (barebones).

When it comes to Snapdragon X Elite, I'm looking for firesale pricing, like when HP's webOS tablet was dumped on the market for $100 back in 2011. Any significant amount of money spent on a Snapdragon X Elite product is a waste.

Ultra-low firesale pricing is probably more likely for the unwanted laptops than Geekom's mini PC.

Dude, now you're talking about a barebones. 32GB of DDR5 SODIMM isn't cheap, ya know?

 

[usertests]

Dude, now you're talking about a barebones. 32GB of DDR5 SODIMM isn't cheap, ya know?

Yes. I'm saying these Snapdragon chips are so undercooked and underdemanded, the money is better spent on almost anything else, including an incomplete, "slower" system.

I have altered the deal. Now I'll only pay $99 for a Snapdragon laptop with 32 GB of soldered RAM.