Snapdragon X Elite vs Apple M3: Here are some of the key comparisons
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Snapdragon X Elite vs Apple M3 has been the talk of the town recently, as Apple dropped a bomb of announcements during its recent Scary Fast event. If true, the latest chip boasts an impressive battery life of 22 hours — and it’s not the only impressive thing so far.
The new Apple M3 lineup comes in three different chips: the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max. It’ll power the new MacBook Pro, and some versions of it even come with stunning space matte black color options.
Snapdragon X Elite, on the other hand, has partnered up with a lot of Windows laptops’ OEMs. The star-studded list includes Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Honor, Lenovo, Microsoft Surface, Samsung, and Mi.
But, which one is better, you may ask? Here’s a table of some of the key comparisons between Snapdragon X Elite vs Apple M3, the original.
Snapdragon X Elite vs Apple M3: Key comparisons
| Snapdragon X Elite | Apple M3 | |
| CPU | Qualcomm Oryon CPU
• 64-bit |
Apple CPU
• 64-bit |
| GPU | Qualcomm Adreno GPU
• Up to 4.6 TFLOPs API Support: DX12 |
• 10?core GPU • Hardware-accelerated ray tracing |
| Memory support | LPDDR5x Up to 64 GB Number of Channels: 8 |
8GB unified memory |
| Wireless support | Wi-Fi 7 Bluetooth 5.4 |
Wi-Fi 6E |
| Process node | 4nm |
3nm |
Though, if we compare it to the M2, then Qualcomm’s latest tech is superior. According to the Geekbench benchmark, the chip scores 2780 in single-core score and 14029 in multi-core score, compared to M2’s 2677 in single-core, although it wins by 14765 in multi-score.
