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Qualcomm brings receipts: Snapdragon X Elite gets benchmarked, completely dunks on Apple’s M2 processor (www.windowscentral.com)
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Qualcomm brings receipts: Snapdragon X Elite gets benchmarked, completely dunks on Apple’s M2 processor::Qualcomm made big claims with its Snapdragon X Elite platform and Oryon CPU, but the company proved it to the press last week with a special benchmarking session where we could witness just how powerf

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They'll have to compete in price to have any chance

[–] darkevilmac 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That really depends on the TDP of the Intel and AMD chips. Both have been progressively pumping more and more juice into their silicon lately in an attempt to be the "fastest".

If Qualcomm is within spitting distance at a much lower TDP then this might actually be the beginning of the end for x86.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I guess we'll have to wait for price, benchmarks, and battery life

[–] darkevilmac 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm cautiously optimistic, a new player in PC silicon is exciting if nothing else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I guess more competition is better