Intel, AMD and Apple gets a formidable competitor in PC; Qualcomm' Snapdragon X Elite

The competition in the processor for PC and notebook market is further getting heated up by launching of Snapdragon X Elite by Qualcomm at Snapdragon Summit 2023. Qualcomm said this new 4.3 GHz, 12-core, 64-bit Arm processor is 2X better in performance compared to Intel's Core i9-13980HX of x86 Architecture and some of the Apple's PC and notebook processors such as Apple M2. Qualcomm also claims Snapdragon X Elite GPU is 80% faster and 80% more efficient than the Radeon 780M. There is a clear indication that Arm based PC processors to eat away X86 dominated desktop and notebook market. Below are pictures comparing Snapdragon X Elite with other such processors presented at Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit 2023:



Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon spent significant time during his presentation highlighting how Snapdragon X Elite beats Intel and Apple chips in performance. In a new story by FC, he was quoted "It’s the fastest CPU for a laptop, period. Period! It’s faster than anything Apple, anything AM...