Qualcomm has introduced its new Snapdragon X Elite chip which the corporate claims is essentially the most highly effective computing processor to this point. The chip has been constructed on a 4nm course of and consists of 136GB/s of reminiscence bandwidth. The firm says PC together with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite platform will begin to ship in the course of 2024. Alongside the Snapdragon X Elite, the corporate additionally introduced the brand new Qualcomm Oryon cellular chip.
During its announcement, Qualcomm made some daring claims. The firm confirmed off some slides that confirmed the Snapdragon X Elite to be “extra highly effective” than the Intel Core i7. How rather more highly effective isn’t clear. The graph simply reveals the arc set greater than Intel’s Core i7. No one actually is aware of what the y-axis on the graph (seen under) means.
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In the identical presentation, Qualcomm says the Snapdragon X Elite will ship 50% quicker peak multi-thread efficiency than Apple’s M2 chip. Keep in thoughts that the Snapdragon X Elite has 50% extra cores than the M2 and makes use of double the ability so clearly, it’s going to beat the M2 chip. If something, the comparability is like evaluating a VW Polo with a BMW.
That is to say, the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite is certainly a robust chip. The firm is simply going about advertising its efficiency in all of the incorrect methods. It additionally comes with Snapdragon Seamless which is a cross-platform know-how that allows Android, Windows and Snapdragon gadgets utilizing different working methods to find each other and share content material throughout gadgets. Sort of like AirDrop.
Using Snapdragon Seamless, customers can drag and drop information and home windows throughout gadgets, share screens and even have their wi-fi audio tech transfer from one gadget to the opposite. The firm says a number of manufacturers have already signed on to help Snapdragon Seamless together with Microsoft, Google, Dell, Lenovo, Honor and Oppo.
Of course, whereas it’s good to see new chipsets from Qualcomm, the real-world efficiency continues to be a thriller. The firm merely confirmed off some graphs and used Apple’s advertising jargon equivalent to “4 occasions quicker” with out displaying any actual numbers. We’ll must see how this all works out when gadgets begin to ship subsequent 12 months.
Source: Qualcomm
