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Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme crushes Apple M4, Intel, and AMD in new benchmarks (www.windowscentral.com)
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...In Geekbench 6.5 single-core, the X2 Elite Extreme posts a score of 4,080, edging out Apple’s M4 (3,872) and leaving AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (2,881) and Intel’s Core Ultra 9 288V (2,919) far behind...

...The multi-core story is even more dramatic. With a Geekbench 6.5 multi-core score of 23,491, the X2 Elite Extreme nearly doubles the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H (11,386) and comfortably outpaces Apple’s M4 (15,146) and AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 370 (15,443)...

...This isn’t just a speed play — Qualcomm is betting that its ARM-based design can deliver desktop-class performance at mobile-class power draw, enabling thin, fanless designs or ultra-light laptops with battery life measured in days, not hours.

One of the more intriguing aspects of the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme is its memory‑in‑package design, a departure from the off‑package RAM used in other X2 Elite variants. Qualcomm is using a System‑in‑Package (SiP) approach here, integrating the RAM directly alongside the CPU, GPU, and NPU on the same substrate.

This proximity slashes latency and boosts bandwidth — up to 228 GB/s compared to 152 GB/s on the off‑package models — while also enabling a unified memory architecture similar in concept to Apple’s M‑series chips, where CPU and GPU share the same pool for faster, more efficient data access...

... the company notes the "first half" of 2026 for the new Snapdragon X2 Elite and Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme...

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[–] a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world 54 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Let me know when these X elite chips have full Linux compatibility and then I’ll be interested. Until then, I’ll stick with Mac, it has the better hardware.

[–] clucose@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Friendly Question: has M4 full linux support?

[–] a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

I think I see what you’re saying. My gripe is that if I want a laptop/tablet with a great ARM chip, with long battery life, my options all force me to use one of two operating systems that I’d prefer not to use for ideological reasons. If I’m forced to use one, because I want an ARM device, I might as well use the one that has the best hardware. M5s are right around the corner and the MacBook Airs are really competitive.

If I misinterpreted your question, then no, as far as I’m aware, none of the M series has FULL support. The M1s and M2s are pretty close though.

[–] Toes@ani.social 15 points 4 hours ago

No, neither does M3. You can read more about this project here: https://asahilinux.org/docs/platform/feature-support/m4/ Even M2 and M1 support is still being worked on.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Not who you asked, but at bare minimum macOS continues to be certified UNIX.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

GNU is Not Unix.

[–] __siru__@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Absolutely ture, your comment being? I think they were simply referencing the fact that there is a lot more software out there that can be made to semi easily run on linux/unix based systems.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

Also while Linux is not the same as UNIX, interacting with them is much more similar than, say, interacting with Windows. They use a lot of the same conventions and managing macOS can be a lot like managing Linux if you want it to be.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

As long as you don't try to use sed or grep. Literally the only reason I learned perl was because of the flag incompatibilities between macos Unix and Linux utils.

[–] galaxy_nova@lemmy.world 1 points 22 minutes ago

Yeah true, but if you use macOS expecting Linux that doesn’t make any sense. Then it’d just be Linux with a different DE lol. Hopefully doesn’t come across as snarky but pointing these differences out always seems rather pointless to me, they do exist but I mean yeah it’s not the same os.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Also while Linux is not the same as UNIX, interacting with them is much more similar than, say, interacting with Windows.

If you use only GUI, the underlying system philosophy is practically irrelevant.

If you use CLI, you can literally use the same distribution within WSL as you use on a Linux computer. I like using openSUSE's zypper in WSL more than I like brew on macOS.

[–] galaxy_nova@lemmy.world 1 points 22 minutes ago

Yeah brew sucks ass

[–] clucose@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 hours ago

Man… I knew this answer would come. 😀