Signal 65’s Ryan Shrout put the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite SoC through a series of tests and benchmarks to see if it lives up to the promises.
In brief: Microsoft made a lot of bold claims about the Snapdragon X Elite-powered latest Surface laptop, including that it’s up to 58% faster than Apple’s M3 MacBook Air while offering excellent battery life. Now, a third party has put those claims to the test, and for the most part, they appear accurate. The caveat is that the review was paid for by Microsoft.
Signal 65’s Ryan Shrout put the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite SoC through a series of tests and benchmarks to see if it lives up to the promises Microsoft made during its recent event introducing the Copilot+ PCs, including the latest Surface line.
The new Surface Laptop 7 with the Snapdragon X Elite SoC was compared against the older Surface Laptop 5 featuring an Alder Lake Core i7-1255U, a Surface Pro 9 with a Microsoft SQ3 chip, MSI’s Prestige 16 AI EVO (Meteor Lake Core Ultra 7 155H), and an M3-powered MacBook Air 15.
