Xiaomi is preparing a range of new laptops for 2024 powered by Intel's upcoming 14th Gen "HX" & Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite CPUs.
Xiamoi Readies High-End Redmi G Pro 2024 Laptop Lineup With Intel 14th Gen "HX" CPUs, While Simultaneously Testing Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite Designs
Next year is going to be a heated one with several chipmakers competing in the PC and laptop segment. AMD, Intel, & Apple have all been gunning each other and soon there would be a fourth competitor in the form of Qualcomm who recently announced its entry in the PC segment with its new Snapdragon X Elite chips.
Xiaomi's next gaming laptop
Redmi G Pro 2024, i5-14500HX processor + RTX4060 + 16GB DDR5 graphics card.
There is also a version with an i9-14900HX + 16GB DDR5 processor.
There are also thin and light notebooks testing the Snapdragon 🤔 pic.twitter.com/DMYJzfone3
— Mochamad Farido Fanani (@faridofanani96) January 3, 2024
Based on information from insiders, it looks like Xiaomi is preparing its Redmi G Pro 2024 laptop lineup with two configurations, a high-end Intel Core i9-14900HX variant with 16 GB DDR5 memory and a mainstream Core i5-14500HX variant with 16 GB DDR5 memory. These laptops are based on the latest Intel Raptor Lake-HX Refresh chips which are part of the 14th Gen family and serve the high-end gaming segment. In addition to the CPUs, these laptops will be configured with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 discrete GPUs such as the RTX 4060 Max-Q.
In terms of specifications, the Intel Core i9-14900HX CPU offers 24 cores (8 P-Cores + 16 E-Cores), 32 threads, up to 5.8 GHz clock speeds, and a maximum turbo power design of 157W (55W PL1). As for the Core i5-14500HX, you are getting 14 cores (6 P-Cores + 8 E-Cores), 20 threads, up to 4.9 GHz clocks, and similar TDP ratings.
Xiaomi also plans to offer its laptop offerings with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite CPUs as it is reported that the company is already testing and evaluating thin and light designs running off of the new chips. These ARM-based chips based on the Oryon CPU architecture are expected to give heated competition to AMD & Intel CPUs when they arrive by the middle of 2024.
Based on what we have seen so far, the Snapdragon X Elite chip looks very strong but whether it will deliver the same kind of performance in real-world use cases is something that we look forward to seeing.
2024 AI PC Platforms
| Brand Name | Intel | AMD | Intel | AMD | Qualcomm | Apple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU Name | Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 200" | Strix "Ryzen AI 300" | Meteor Lake "Core Ultra 100" | Ryzen 8040 "Hawk Point" | Snapdragon X Elite | M3 |
| CPU Architecture | x86 | x86 | x86 | x86 | ARM | ARM |
| CPU Process | 3nm (N3B) | 4nm (N4P) | 7nm (Intel 4) | 4nm (N4) | 4nm | 3nm |
| Max CPU Cores | 8 Cores | 12 Cores | 16 Cores | 8 Cores | 12 Cores | 16 Cores (MAX) |
| NPU Architecture | NPU | XDNA 2 NPU | NPU | XDNA 1 NPU | Hexagon NPU | In-House |
| Total AI TOPS | 120 TOPs (48 TOPS NPU) | 85 TOPS (55 TOPS NPU) | 34 TOPS (11 TOPS NPU) | 38 TOPS (16 TOPS NPU) | 75 TOPS (Peak) | 18 TOPS |
| GPU Architecture | Battlemage Arc Xe2-LPG | RDNA 3+ | Alchemist Arc Xe-LPG | RDNA 3 | Adreno GPU | In-House |
| Max GPU Cores | 8 Xe-Cores | 12 Compute Units | 8 Xe-Cores | 12 Compute Units | TBD | 40 Cores |
| GPU TFLOPs | TBD | 11.9 TFLOPs | ~4.5 TFLOPS | 8.9 TFLOPS | 4.6 TFLOPS | TBD |
| Memory Support (Max) | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X-7500 | LPDDR5X-7467 | LPDDR5X-7500 | LPDDR5X-8533 | LPDDR5-6400 |
| Availability | 2H 2024 | 2H 2024 | Q4 2023 | Q1 2024 | Mid-2024 | Q4 2024 |
News Source: Geekbench
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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