Buckle up because the chipmaker Qualcomm is pushing the boundaries of AI performance with its latest Snapdragon X chips, promising to bring the best AI performance to consumer-grade PCs. While the Snapdragon X Elite has been known for months, Qualcomm has unveiled a new PC CPU that’s slightly more affordable, the Snapdragon X Plus, which is expected to power a wide range of PCs in the coming months. Qualcomm’s Geekbench 6 benchmarks show the X Plus is 37% faster and 54% more efficient than Intel’s Core Ultra 7 155H, indicating significant performance gains. Additionally, Qualcomm claims that its NPU, which is the same in both the X Elite and X Plus chips, can deliver up to 45 TOPS (trillions of operations per second). This could lead to faster processing of AI tasks, such as image and video analysis, natural language processing, and real-time object detection. The Snapdragon X Plus promises to support one internal laptop screen at 4K and 120 Hz or up to three external monitors at 4K and 60 Hz. It will also be WiFi 7 compatible and enable capture with up to a 4K HDR webcam. Despite the impressive AI performance and technical specifications, the true test will be whether app developers and software companies embrace these capabilities and integrate them into their applications. Qualcomm has high hopes that the Snapdragon X Plus and Elite chips will power a new generation of AI-powered PCs, delivering an improved computing experience for consumers. However, the success of these chips ultimately depends on the ecosystem of software that will harness their AI capabilities.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Chips Promise AI Performance on Consumer-Grade PCs
