A leak has surfaced online showing the specifications of the upcoming Microsoft Surface Laptop 6. This leak shows that the new Surface Laptop will come in two sizes, a 13.5-inch, and a 15-inch model, and will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite processor. The leak specifies two processor variants, the X1E-84-100 and X1E-80-100, but doesn’t clarify which is more […]
Qualcomm is gearing up to take on Apple, AMD and Intel in the laptop space this year, with the launch of the new Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus chips. Both of these new laptop chips are based on Arm architecture, as the company hopes to replicate the success of Apple Silicon. But what are the differences between the Snapdragon X Plus and Snapdragon X Elite? We’ve created this comparison guide to highlight the key specs. Snapdragon X Elite has more processing power We...
Qualcomm has a new chip for upcoming Windows on ARM PCs. The Snapdragon X Plus is a ten-core ARM processor that promises "unprecedented performance" and energy efficiency for Windows PCs.
Qualcomm plans to reveal details about its upcoming Snapdragon X platform for Windows PCs soon, but full specs have already leaked ahead of the official announcement on April 24.
The first benchmark results show Qualcomm will be a serious contender in the Windows laptop market.
Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon X Plus processor platform for fast Windows laptops with long battery life. Snapdragon X Plus features a 10-core Qualcomm Oryon CPU and a 45 TOPS neural processing unit (NPU) – the world’s fastest NPU for laptops – bringing unprecedented performance, efficiency and on-device AI capabilities to even more Windows PCs, the […]
The Snapdragon X Elite is so far the only product in Qualcomm’s new Windows-focused line of chipsets, but that won’t be forever. Details of a Plus model have surfaced, but before we get to those, we have to break down the Elite specs first. The Snapdragon X Elite name is actually used for three chips. All have 12 CPU cores, 42MB of cache and an NPU that delivers 45 TOPS of performance. However, the CPU and GPU are clocked differently. Check the table below for more details on the three...
While it’s still yet to debut, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite is looking like a big deal for ARM-powered Windows machines and, now, it’s getting a more affordable cousin in the Snapdragon X Plus. more
Recent Geekbench benchmarks have revealed that the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite can hold its own against Apple’s M3.
Checking your PC’s usage of each CPU core is a good way to determine how your system is dealing with the current workload. This can help inform you whether you have a powerful enough processor to deal with the task or hand. Most simple tasks will only require the performance of a single CPU core, but more complex workloads, such as video editing or gaming, will require more resources. It’s difficult to determine which components of your PC are causing a performance bottleneck, but...
As Qualcomm prepares for the mid-year launch of their forthcoming
A new Windows 11 build 26100.2 has been quietly released to the Insider channels, Dev and Canary, under KB5037941. The build has no changelog as it is not meant for the regular branch.