Qualcomm, which announced the arrival of its processor in laptop PCs in mid-2024, continues to refine the performance of its latest addition in order to create excitement around its product. This time, the SnapDragon X Elite compares itself to Intel’s Core Ultra 7 and 9, which have been available since the beginning of the year. And suffice to say that the match, which is fought only on the GeekBench 6.2 benchmark, turns in favor of the Snapdragon X Elite.
52% more efficient than an Intel Core Ultra 7
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The move to multitasking reveals a Snapdragon
A performance that is all the more remarkable given that the Snapdragon
The comparison does not stop there, since Qualcomm pitted it against the Core Ultra 9 185H (16C/22T), which has an envelope of 45 W (compared to 28 W for the Core Ultra 7 155H). Thus, in single-tasking, the Snapdragon is 41% more efficient than the Core Ultra 9 at equivalent consumption or 58% more economical at equal performance.
In multitasking, the Snapdragon would be 51% more efficient at equal power or 65% less energy consuming at equal performance.
We have compiled the performance of a few models passed through our hands against a Lenovo laptop PC equipped with a Snapdragon X Elite, the scores of which have been leaked. It wouldn’t perform as well as Qualcomm’s test models, since it only scored 14,254 in GeekBench 6.2, compared to 15,610 for Qualcomm’s reference laptop.
A graphic part integrated into the height
Finally, Qualcomm wanted to reassure on the integrated graphics part. The Adreno – that’s its name – is DirectX 12 compatible and develops a power of 4.6 TFLOPS, according to the company. The manufacturer announces an Adreno 36% more efficient at equal power than the integrated Intel Arc part in the Core Ultra, or a saving of 50% at equal performance in the 3DMark Wildlife benchmark.
In practice, PCWorld was able to play Control And Redout 2 at 1920 x 1200 px with presets on low. In Controlthe frame rate per second varied between 30 and 40 fps and in Redout 2it hovered around 40 fps. Baldur’s Gate 3 was also running on a PC, but our colleague lacked time to evaluate the performance.
We can’t wait to get our hands on a laptop PC equipped with the Snapdragon Xiaomi. By June, the Snapdragon