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window gaming on ARM is becoming a legitimate possibility , and it ’s not just thanks to the recently unveiled emulation options , but it ’s chiefly due to the fact that Qualcomm ’s Snapdragon X Elite is shaping up to be pretty excellent . Spotted in a recent benchmark , the CPU was seen beating some of the undecomposed processors on the current market . Are we at last at a point where it ’s not always go to be a choice between justIntel and AMD ?
The benchmarks were put up by user@techinmul on Twitter , and the result could n’t be more promising for the upcoming Qualcomm processor . The chip was tested inGeekbench 6 , and although it ’s of import not to take these results entirely at boldness value , it ’s an telling show of performance that augur well for upcomingthin and light-colored laptops .
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Qualcomm ’s Snapdragon X Elite scored 2,474 point in the single - core Geekbench test and 14,254 points in the multi - core test . Those are some telling numbers that make it grade above many late nomadic chips from AMD and Intel . In fact , it outpaces several Raptor Lake processor , as well as AMD ’s recent Ryzen 9 8945HS — by a little margin , but still .
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Tom ’s Hardwarecompiled some scores for equivalence , and Qualcomm maintains a strong principal in multi - core work load against the Core i9 - 13900H , the Core i7 - 13700HX , and the Ryzen 9 8945HS , beating them by 25.7 % , 18.4 % , and 18.3 % , severally . The single - substance lead is importantly smaller — in the low individual digits .
Comparing the CPU to some novel chips shows a gap , but it ’s to be expected . For instance , Intel ’s mellow - terminal Core i9 - 14900HX has an average Geekbench 6 score of 2,809 in single - core and 16,525 in multi - meat , which is 13.5 % firm and 15.9 % faster than the Snapdragon X Elite , respectively .
However , given that this is one of the top chips Intel currently has to offer , for Qualcomm ’s Snapdragon to be around 15 % slower is no little feat . Apple should carry on rigorous , too , because the Snapdragon X Elite is said to be about 50 % quicker than the M2 chip , although some of those claimshaven’t yet issue forth to fruition in the early bench mark .
Qualcomm of late teased that play on ARM will be much more manageable now , all thanks toemulation . Game devs will still be capable to port their games to ARM64 native for the expert performance , but they can also just leave them as they are , and x64 emulation should make most titles playable . With that in mind , as well as the benchmark scores demonstrate above , we might start seeing a shift in the market where it ’s not all just Intel and AMD — play on Windows with an ARM chip might become a practicable alternative .
