Microsoft Says Windows Laptops With Snapdragon X Elite Will Be Faster Than M3 MacBook Air

Microsoft plans to advertise its upcoming Windows laptops with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite processor as faster than Apple's MacBook Air with the M3 chip, according to internal documents. The company is preparing demos to showcase the superior speed of these processors in CPU tasks, AI acceleration, and app emulation. However, the comparison is made with Apple's lower-end M3 chip, not the higher-end M3 Pro and M3 Max chips. The Snapdragon X Elite is expected to run hotter and require laptops with fans, unlike the fanless design of the MacBook Air.

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Microsoft plans to advertise its upcoming Windows laptops with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite processor as faster than the MacBook Air with Apple's latest M3 chip.
The Snapdragon X Elite processor has Arm-based architecture like Apple silicon and Qualcomm claimed that it achieved 21% faster multi-core CPU performance than the M3 chip.
Microsoft and Qualcomm are comparing their processor to Apple's lower-end M3 chip instead of its higher-end M3 Pro and M3 Max chips.
Microsoft plans to announce laptops powered by the Snapdragon X Elite later this year, including the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 on May 20.

Microsoft Says Windows Laptops With Snapdragon X Elite Will Be Faster Than M3 MacBook Air

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