Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus: Specs, release date, benchmarks, and more

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Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite and Plus processors are coming in mid-2024 to try to rejuvenate Windows 11 on Arm.

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[Notton]

I hope you folks get to review one soon, because the slide claiming GPU performance is crazy.

We already know that it hits a smooth 1080p 30fps with medium setting in Baulder's Gate 3, but we also know that Z1 Extreme (7840U) can do the same with slightly higher settings.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

If they're targeted for high end systems first then they're going to flop, since the M3 Macbook Air and Pro are already well established in that segment and have proven performance. They need to target them at the sub $750 market, undercutting the MacBook Air, moving great volumes for students, travelers, and other segments, and proving Windows On Arm and Snapdragon are viable, then they can go after the $1000+ market.

 

[Pierce2623]

I hope you folks get to review one soon, because the slide claiming GPU performance is crazy.

We already know that it hits a smooth 1080p 30fps with medium setting in Baulder's Gate 3, but we also know that Z1 Extreme (7840U) can do the same with slightly higher settings.

It’s wildlife extreme. It’s a mobile benchmark that Qualcomm and Intel both have heavily optimized for. Everybody knows the AMD iGPU beats both in real games.

 

[ivan_vy]

I hope you folks get to review one soon, because the slide claiming GPU performance is crazy.

We already know that it hits a smooth 1080p 30fps with medium setting in Baulder's Gate 3, but we also know that Z1 Extreme (7840U) can do the same with slightly higher settings.

remember when M2 was going to kill iGPU and dGPU laptops?
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/a...ore-cpu-10-core-gpu-up-to-18-more-performance
and MSI Claw with intel chip was going to kill SteamDeck and the like?
let's wait and see real world performance.

 

[JamesJones44]

Z1 Extreme (7840U) can do the same with slightly higher settings

Not at a presumed 20 watts though

 

[newtechldtech]

If they're targeted for high end systems first then they're going to flop, since the M3 Macbook Air and Pro are already well established in that segment and have proven performance. They need to target them at the sub $750 market, undercutting the MacBook Air, moving great volumes for students, travelers, and other segments, and proving Windows On Arm and Snapdragon are viable, then they can go after the $1000+ market.

The CPU itself is cheap .. what makes APPLE expensive are the hig end components in it , like 6 Speakers and 4 MIC plus the screen and body of the notebook.

I am really waiting for apple to release "student" version of their MACS ,Plastic body and two speakers only and one Mic ...this would lower the MAC air price by $300 at least. and I dont know Why Apple is ignoring tis market. they made "SE" Iphone , and they should make SE MAC AIR.

 

[Notton]

Not at a presumed 20 watts though

That's uhh, not my point?
Take a look at the graph
IDK what garbage laptop Qualcomm used to test the 7940HS on, but if you pump 60w into the 12CU GPU, it's not going to run that slow.

remember when M2 was going to kill iGPU and dGPU laptops?
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/a...ore-cpu-10-core-gpu-up-to-18-more-performance
and MSI Claw with intel chip was going to kill SteamDeck and the like?
let's wait and see real world performance.

Yup, MSI Claw turned out to run SLOWER than Ally Z1 extreme, despite what early rumors suggested.
In fact, MSI Claw performance and battery run times lookl bad compared to Steamdeck OLED.

 

[JamesJones44]

Take a look at the graph

They are not arguing a pure speed. They are auguring performance per watt which is Qualcomm's point. This is also package SoC wattage, not just iGPU.

 

[JamesJones44]

I'm shocked a 10 core cpu beats an 8 core cpu in multi core scores (X Plus vs M3).

When you compare equal core counts it looks like the X Elite is about on par with an M3 Pro (15,610 vs 15,683 respectively).

 

[Brian_DM]

The NPU performance of 45 TOPS should be mentioned that is for Int8 performance.
Most older chip performance is measured by Int16 performance, this is part of the apparent large jump in performance to this new SnapDragon X Plus/Elite

 

[Brian_DM]

I'm shocked a 10 core cpu beats an 8 core cpu in multi core scores (X Plus vs M3).

When you compare equal core counts it looks like the X Elite is about on par with an M3 Pro (15,610 vs 15,683 respectively).

And has similar performance while the M3 Pro has 6 Efficiency Cores + 6 Performance Cores vs the 12 Performance Cores in the X Elite.