Snapdragon X Elite Benchmark Shows It’s All Set to Take on Apple M-series Chips

Feb. 26, 2024

Qualcomm introduced theSnapdragon X Elitechipset for Windows PCs in October last year. The company showcased internal Geekbench scores of the chipset to prove that it’s better than Apple’s latest M3 chipsets. And today, fresh Geekbench benchmark scores of Snapdragon X Elite (model “Qualcomm ZH-WXX“) have appeared online. But do they tell a similar story?

The new scores give the impression that the X Elite sits somewherebetweenApple M2 and M3. But there is more to it as this version of Snapdragon X Elite has two CPU clusters, likely running the 23W version of SDXElite.

Fresh Snapdragon X Elite Geekbench Scores Emerge

When Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X Elite, the company said that the chipset features 12 high-performance cores and doesn’t pack any efficiency cores. However, the newGeekbench listingshows that it has a total of 12 cores, and it is divided into two clusters – one with 8 cores and another with 4 cores.

So, in all likelihood, this benchmark score is from a 23W version of the chipset, which features two CPU clusters (8P + 4E, I suppose). Further, the listing says that it’s running on Windows 11 Insider Preview with32GB of RAM. Perhaps, the 80W version may come in a single cluster with 12 high-performance cores.

However, when compared to Apple’s older M2 Pro chip with 12 CPU cores, it comes pretty close to matching the performance. Perhaps, the 80W version of the X Elite would be able to compete with Apple’s M3 chipset and cross the 3,000 mark in the single-core test.

Also, bear in mind that OEMs might be running various SKUs of the chipset to test the performance under different conditions, so I would suggest taking these results with a pinch of salt.

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