What you need to know Several Geekbench results have been published, confirming the existence of a Surface Laptop with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite SoC.
Microsoft is expected to unveil an Arm-powered Surface Laptop and Surface Pro at an event on May 20.
It’s been an open secret for some time, but now it’s all but confirmed that a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite SoC will power the upcoming Surface Laptop 6 for consumers.
But we know this device is rocking the mid-tier Snapdragon X Elite SoC @ 4.01GHz, and the benchmark results back this up.
For comparison, the latest MacBook Pro with M3 Pro chip scores only marginally higher, with a 3084 single-core and 14017 multi-core score.
The Surface Laptop 6 with Snapdragon X Elite will be a total beast.
The M3 and M3 Pro chips are seriously powerful, and now the Windows ecosystem will have its own chip that can stand toe-to-toe with the Mac.
The Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 are expected to be some of the first Windows devices with these new Snapdragon X chips.
Things you should be aware of.
There is a Surface laptop that has Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite SoC, according to multiple Geekbench results that have been made public.
The Surface Laptop 6 and the MacBook Pro with M3 are comparable according to the benchmark results.
At a press conference on May 20, Microsoft is anticipated to introduce the Surface Laptop and Surface Pro with Arm processing.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite SoC, which will power the upcoming Surface Laptop 6 for consumers, has long been known, but it is now virtually confirmed. This device, codename OEMBR, has now surfaced on Geekbench with 16GB of RAM and what appears to be the Snapdragon X Elite.
As Windows Latest correctly notes, Microsoft is attempting to conceal as many details as possible about this device, including the SoC’s name—which is being misrepresented as a Snapdragon 8cx Gen3—by implementing anti-leak measures. However, the benchmark results confirm that this device is consuming just 4 points01 GHz of power from the mid-tier Snapdragon X Elite SoC.
Moreover, laptops equipped with the top-tier Snapdragon X1E-84-100 Oryon CPU should yield even better results in Geekbench and other CPU tests, as the processor peaks at 4.2GHz.
It’s interesting to note that the benchmarks indicate that the chip is operating in a “balanced” power profile, which suggests that it may consume more power in performance mode (and, if that is the case, it may be the higher-tier chip).
The Surface Laptop 6 achieved an astounding score of 2,714 for single-core and 14,078 for multi-core on Geekbench. As an example, the most recent MacBook Pro with the M3 Pro chip has a single-core score of 3084 and a multi-core score of 14017, which is only slightly higher. It will be an absolute beast, the Surface Laptop 6 with Snapdragon X Elite.
The Microsoft hardware lineup this year will be able to compete with Apple’s MacBook lineup for the first time. With the incredibly potent M3 and M3 Pro chips, the Windows ecosystem will now have a chip that can compete with the Mac. Some of the first Windows devices with these new Snapdragon X chips are anticipated to be the Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10.
