Qualcomm’s Windows challenge heats up with the Snapdragon X Plus

Snapdragon X Plus
Snapdragon X Plus

As the M1 chip has brought new life to low-performance MacBooks with impressive battery life and lightning-fast speeds, it looks like another Apple product will undergo a similar rebirth. Qualcomm which has unveiled Windows on Snapdragon X Elite plans to outperform the Intel company’s Snapdragon. At the moment, a laptop with Snapdragon X does not exist, but new rumors increase the desire for a more budget-friendly brother – Snapdragon X Plus.

Like its M1 model, the X Elite scores high marks on performance/efficiency metrics due to its ARM architecture. As these latest releases show they may even be faster than Apple’s best M3 chips. It is factually correct that this will bring great joy to Windows users who want to improve battery life but do not lose anything regarding performance and those who want a new experience as the process of integration of Android and Windows improves. Are getting.

This fact in itself is already remarkable, but things to come will be even more impressive. It seems that the planned model is called the XV Plus – it is a slightly different version of the Elite. Still, it is not clear that it has exactly 10 cores, while the Elite has 12. This shows that the customer can leave it in something and balance the performance between the two. The X Plus continues to mix up the rumors by adding the X65 modem to its line-up, which can be attributed to its stronger 5G capabilities.

The future release of And now the unveiling of new Windows laptops equipped with ARM-based technology from Qualcomm opens up a lot of opportunities: we are facing a new era in which we can work for long periods on powerful and long-lasting machines without any headaches. Will be able to do it.