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New Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus and Snapdragon X Elite performance expectations revealed before rumoured Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 releases

The first Snapdragon X-powered laptops may be arriving in under a month's time. (Image source: Qualcomm - edited)
The first Snapdragon X-powered laptops may be arriving in under a month's time. (Image source: Qualcomm - edited)
The Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 could be some of the first devices to debut Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus chipsets. Ahead of the expected releases this time next month, a reliable leaker has outlined various new performance details that Qualcomm has not shared publicly yet.

Kamila Wojciechowska has provided fresh insights into the potential performance of Qualcomm's Snapdragon X series chipsets. For context, not much time has passed since the mid-tier Snapdragon X Elite variant, X1E-80-100, appeared in various Geekbench listings. For reference, it seems that the X1E-80-100 was powering the Surface Laptop 6, with a Snapdragon X Plus-sporting Surface Pro 10 appearing on the same benchmarking platform a few days prior.

Almost simultaneously, SemiAccurate levelled serious claims about Qualcomm falsifying performance numbers, which X1E-80-100 leaked Geekbench listings did not necessarily support and which Qualcomm subsequently refuted to Tom's Hardware:

We stand behind our performance claims and are excited for consumers to get their hands on Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus devices soon.

Setting aside the Geekbench results that we have already covered, Wojciechowska has now revealed performance numbers for the entire Snapdragon X product stack for Cinebench 2024, as well as results for 3DMark Wildlife Extreme, GFXBench Aztec Ruins and Procyon AI. Specifically, Wojciechowska has provided the following benchmark results:

X1E-80-100 X1E-78-100 X1P-64-100
Cinebench 2024 - single threaded 122.83 107.40 109.10
Cinebench 2024 - multi threaded 1,100 (thermals dependent 891.7 845.1
3DMark Wildlife Extreme Score 6,245 6,208 6,051
GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier 276.26 276.59
262.37
Procyon AI total score 1779 1772 1746

Moreover, the same website has detailed total package power for three Snapdragon X variants:

Total package power X1E-84-100 X1E-80-100 X1P-64-100
50% of chips manufactured 82.33 W 43.40 W 35.01 W
95% of chips manufactured 98.50 W 52.92 W 42.52 W

Ultimately, it seems that only the X1E-84-100 variant consumes more power under full load than its peers. By contrast, lesser X1E-80-100 and X1P-64-100 variants are on par with the total package powers of higher-end Apple M series and Meteor Lake-H competitors. Currently, only the Surface Pro 10 has appeared with a Snapdragon X Plus. However, official images for Snapdragon Editions of the ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 and Yoga Slim 7 have leaked online, which could be available with multiple Snapdragon X chipset SKUs.

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Alex Alderson, 2024-04-29 (Update: 2024-04-29)