Snapdragon X Plus and X Elite vs M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max Chips - with Benchmarks

Thx for the review; however, I be more interested in real world performance; such-as video rendering/export, using either DaVinci Resolve or CapCut, which can run on Mac or Windows. Good BenchMark comparisons.

Thank you very much! Craig!

Reason for M4 achieving high Geekbench 6 SC score is because it's based on ARMv9 that adds SME. GB6 has some CPU ML workload test so the overall score is higher. But since XE has a dedicated NPU for ML workload, this GB6 score may not matter that much.

Amazing comparison, very fair and straight to the point. I have a bunch of workflows that are Windows only, so I'm very happy my next laptop is going to have a lot of battery life and great performance while staying cooler and quieter. Thank you very much 😊

The battery life was the only thing keeping me from switching from my iPad to a surface. Now I’m sold. Apples stubbornness to improve the iPad and actually make it more of a computer has driven me up the wall. Ridiculously powerful, but doesn’t support Jit. So it can’t even run ds games at 720p. Now has hardware accelerated ray tracing, but blender can’t come because of apples stupid App Store guidelines. An exponential waste of potential

Can you confirm if the X Elite vs M3 Pro was the 11 core MacBook as you showed on Amazon or 12 core as shown on the figures? A 12 core M3 Pro machine is quite a jump in price vs the 11 core.

If Qualcomm achieved these results so fast, imagine their next update, how powerful it'll be.

I agree that everybody's a winner when there is healthy competition. Windows is still the largest player so I'm guessing that most developers will be porting their x86 applications to the Snapdragon platform, and gamers will have their AMD/Intel PCs to run their games. Side note, Moore's law isn't a thing anymore. Just my opinion(s).

It’s encouraging to see that the PC side is getting their hardware sorted out. Now if they can get their OS straightened out.

I think the competition is pushing Apple to stay ahead, to me that is a good thing for us. My wife finally switched back like the rest of us from her XPS to a M3 Air and is loving it. What I'm really curious about is to see how the translation layer from x86 to ARM works in Windows for ARM. The laptops are fast enough to compete but if that doesn't end up working at least somewhat close to Rosetta's performance no one will switch. The Signal65 report is out as well now and shows the M3 Air vs 4 of the Snapdragon models. Heat definitely looks to be an issue and they aren't really faster as you showed. Great video, thanks for all the research!

For this to work the OS needs to be able to run the vast majority of the apps with acceptable performance until they are rewritten for they new ARM chips. If all you can run is a browser and MS Office Et Al, then it's future might not be so bright.

Please let me know if the build quality (i mean the thickness/slimmess) can be achieved same as mac.....as macbooks are really slim...i like the overall build quality of mac....please reply

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite emerges as a strong contender in the ARM CPU space, boasting impressive performance and potential to disrupt the market. Early reports suggest native Windows and Linux support alongside a remarkable 2-day battery life. If the price remains competitive, this could be a game-changer. This development puts pressure on Intel and AMD to innovate and potentially explore partnerships with ARM chip designers.

Can you gimme a link from where you bought the 😮skin of ur macbook

This is good, the first version of xelite is impressive. Also i believe comparing performance/$ will be beneficial.

M4 is a really good chip. TSMC 3nm N3E appears to be amazing. When watching YouTube videos my m4 iPad uses 3.5 to 4.5 Watts !! I think the biggest winner is not Microsoft or Apple or Qualcomm. But rather, it is us, the consumer. Apple and now Qualcomm are proving that ARM can exist in consumer machines outside of smartphones and tablets. They prove the power efficiency of ARM. Their success may well incentivize others to enter the arena. Like nvidia. Or maybe AMD may revive its arm project. So arm’s market share on PC may well grow. And, to try to maintain market share (rather than lose it) AMD and Intel will have to respond and compete well on efficiency and performance per watt. So who wins as a result of competition ? We the consumer. With efficient chips we get thinner machines with less fan noise. And even mini PCs that have more performance than desktop towers from a couple years ago. I’m excited to see how it all shakes out. Intel is claiming its Lunar Lake SoC will be very efficient and performant. And the upcoming lakes like panther lake and nova lake may well be efficient as well. AMD will obviously produce zen 5 and 6. So it will be a very interesting few years to see how much better our chips get.

They announced the X Elite around the M2 and shipped it around the M4. Therefore, I would acknowledge that they covered Apple's past and future offerings. Additionally, this is the first generation, and I would be waiting until they reach 3nm and 2nd gen.

Can you do the benchmarks with Linux ?

Where are the GPU benchmarks / FPS figures from?

Mark my word the score shown here will turn upside down when the 3rd gen of Qualcomm chips come out against the M6 series!