The Snapdragon X Elite has started to get featured in a multitude of ‘thin and light’ Windows 11 notebooks, but despite Qualcomm showing that its latest and greatest silicon can outmatch the M3, it still gets beaten by Apple’s A17 Pro, a 3nm SoC that is in a completely different weight class. In the GravityMark GPU test, the silicon present in the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max makes it past its competitor by the skin of its teeth.
The Snapdragon X Elite is still incredibly fast, beating the older Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 by a 3x multiple
Even though this is just one instance of a smartphone chipset beating the Snapdragon X Elite, it is still impressive. On X, Alexander Zapryagaev compared the two scores, and to make the test fair, it ran on the same 2560 x 1440 resolution on both devices. Keep in mind that the Snapdragon X Elite-powered machine features more memory than the 8GB RAM on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, but it still ends up being slower.
However, after you look at the result differences, one would assume that they could be within margin of error. The A17 Pro obtains a score of 3,501, while the Snapdragon X Elite secures 3,421. If you do the math, that is just a 2.34 percent disparity, with the A17 Pro finishing the GravityMark GPU with 20.9FPS, with the slower silicon close behind at 20.5FPS.
While it is jaw-dropping to see smartphone silicon not only trading blows with a notebook-class chip but also beating it, one should remember that this is just one test, and with a score difference that many would consider negligible. It is possible that GravityMark’s lack of optimization for the new Snapdragon X Elite platform caused it to be slower than the A17 Pro.
Well, Snapdragon X Elite GPU is slower than iPhone 15 Pro, but twice as fast as 8cx gen3: https://t.co/lqiQEPUVtU pic.twitter.com/mFqHgY2Yjo
— Alexander Zapryagaev (@frustum) June 18, 2024
We have witnessed in other benchmarking results that Qualcomm’s newest ARM-based silicon has beaten various competitors, including Apple’s M3, so it may be a one-off result. Then again, if we see more comparisons like this, we will make sure to update our readers, so stay tuned.
News Source: Alexander Zapryagaev
About the author: Omar Sohail is a reporter and analyst for Wccftech's mobile section, specializing in the technology and business of the mobile industry. His expertise lies in the intricate hardware supply chain, covering developments in semiconductor manufacturing, chip lithography, and camera sensor technology.
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