It’s been almost 4 years since Apple introduced the M1 chip, and we finally have an option that can compete with Apple Silicon chips in the market. Qualcomm introduced Snapdragon X Plus and EliteA late response to Apple’s M series chips. The most important model is Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite and we will buy it with M4, Apple’s last generation chips. However, it should be noted that powerful versions of this chip are not yet available.

Microsoft was responsible for the launch of new Qualcomm chipsIt’s available on the new Surface Laptop and Surface Pro rivals to the MacBook Air and Apple iPad Pro.

You will have the most powerful computer in history. In fact, it will outperform any device, including the MacBook Air with an M3 processor, by more than 50 percent in terms of sustained performance. Yusuf Mehdi is Microsoft’s vice president and chief consumer marketing officer.

This statement is quite bold, especially considering that there are MacBooks such as the M3 Pro and M3 Max chip MacBook Pro that are more powerful than the M3 chip MacBook Air. The processors are far superior to the M3 as they have more cores and power. But not only that, Apple recently launched the M4 chip, which almost 25% improvement over the M3. So chip Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite isn’t the most powerful and doesn’t beat Apple’s latest M-series chips.

Apple M4 and Snapdragon

It should be taken into account that it is available. Various versions of Qualcomm chipsThe Elite edition has three options: X1E-84-100, X1E-80-100 and X1E-78-100; These vary depending on their operating speed and the power of the GPU. The M4 chip is available in two options, one with 9 CPU cores and the other with 10 cores, in the absence of Pro, Max and Ultra versions.

Comparison chart: M4 chip, M3 chip, Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus

Performance test: Apple M4 vs Snapdragon X Elite

It’s not easy to analyze the power of different chips on different platforms, so you need to refer to it. Performance tests providing results for both chips. One of the most reliable tools in this case is Geekbench, but there are many others as well. However, it is one of the most interesting options because it is the most popular.

The results of Apple M4 and Snapdragon X Elite in Geekbench are as follows:

• M4 chip
  • Single core: 3,767 points.
  • Multi-core: 14,677 points.
• Snapdragon
  • Single core: 2,872 points.
  • Multi-core: 14,648 points.

Artificial intelligence

Chips available ready for artificial intelligence and both processors offer very powerful neural engines. To determine the power of a neural motor, the TOPS unit is used, which reflects the millions of operations it can perform per second. The higher this number, the better prepared the chip is for artificial intelligence.

In the case of The Apple M4 chip has a much more advanced Neural Engine that reaches 38 TOPSthat is 38,000 million transactions per second. In his name, Snapdragon X Elite reaches 45 TOPS with Qualcomm Hexagon neural unitSo it has a slight advantage.

One Very good news that we finally have real competition with Apple Silicon chips. There is no doubt that Aple was right to take this bold step almost 4 years ago, and the industry has finally reacted.

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