Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon X Elite processor at this year’s Qualcomm Summit and shared some rather appealing performance figures. The company claimed a 30% increase in single-threaded performance compared to the M2 Max and a 50% increase in multi-threaded performance compared to the M2. What do these exciting figures mean?
This serves two purposes: firstly, to make the Snapdragon X Elite appear better than or at least on par with the M2 Max and also to somehow mislead consumers, given that they already have the M2 Max in mind.
To be clear, all three M2 chipsets perform roughly the same in terms of single-threaded performance, and the reason for this is that their single-core specifications are more or less the same.
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Multi-core and other types of workloads are where Apple Silicon’s top-tier really shines, so the single-threaded performance of the Snapdragon X Elite compared to the M2 Max may not be as crucial. A 30% increase is quite significant, but when compared to the standard M2, these figures are to be expected.
Nonetheless, the advancements Qualcomm touts make the Snapdragon X Elite an impressive rival to the M3. If the Snapdragon X Elite is 30% better than the M2 in single-core performance, Apple would need to make a significant leap to outperform Qualcomm in this regard and achieve a M3 that could do so.
