Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM)'s Snapdragon X Elite processor, armed with an Adreno iGPU, is making waves in the thin and light notebook sector as it demonstrates competitive performance against industry heavyweights Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s M2 SoCs. The chip, designed for lightweight laptops like Windows 11 and Chrome OS models, has shown promising results in several benchmark tests carried out recently.
In a showcase at a Qualcomm event, two reference systems were presented - System A with a 15.6-inch 4K display and an 80W TDP chip, and System B with a 14.5-inch 2.8K display and a 23W TDP chip. Benchmark tests such as 3DMark Wild Life Extreme and GFXBench Aztec Ruins were conducted on the Snapdragon X Elite's Adreno GPU. The results indicated that the chip surpassed the performance of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Intel Core i9-13800H but fell short of Apple's M2 Max in the System B setup. Nevertheless, it managed to surpass Apple's standard M2 chip.
Further tests were conducted by Geekerwan, including the use of 3DMark’s Wildlife and Control, Remedy’s 2019 physics-defying sci-fi shooter. In these tests, the Qualcomm chip outperformed Core i7-13700H's Xe-LP iGPU and Ryzen 7 7840HS's compute units in Wildlife, scoring an average of 39.2 FPS. However, it was bested by Apple M2 Max's impressive score of 60 FPS.
In the Control game benchmark at 1080p low graphics settings, the Snapdragon X Elite achieved a score of 53 FPS. This result was higher than that of Apple's M2 chip but lower than the M2 Max. The chip also held its own against 15W to 28W SoCs and discrete GPUs like NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU and Radeon 780M.
These performance reviews indicate that the Snapdragon X Elite aligns closely with competitors, including the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, Intel Core i9-13800H, and Intel Core i7-13700H. As such, Qualcomm's new chip is poised to rival some of the leading technology companies in the thin and light notebook arena.
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