The first benchmarks for Apple’s new M3 chips have been published on the Geekbench site. This is the opportunity to compare it with Qualcomm’s future chip for PC, the Snapdragon X Elite.
Source: Qualcomm
Apple recently unveiled its new M3 chip, which will be integrated into two new MacBooks and a new iMac. While they wait for their commercial release on November 7th, the first synthetic benchmarks are already available via the Geekbench tool.
If these numbers provide an initial comparison between the various Apple chips, they allow us to further compare with Qualcomm’s future ARM chip for PC, the Snapdragon X Elite.
Snapdragon X Elite faster than M3
A few days ago, Qualcomm published the results of the first benchmarks for its Snapdragon X Elite chip, which is scheduled to come to PC in mid-2024. Figures that can already be compared with those of the M3 chip available on the Geekbench site. (via MacRumors)
Source: Frandroid
According to these initial figures, the Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm would even be higher than the M2 Max chip and its 12 CPU cores introduced at the beginning of the year. However, it doesn’t compete with the M3 Max or M2 Ultra (present in the Mac Pro and Mac Studio), which perform well above it in this multi-core test.
Preliminary but promising results
Obviously, these are just synthetic benchmarks that give you an idea of the performance level of each of these chips, although with differences that don’t necessarily reflect reality. However, we can expect future Windows laptops to significantly exceed the performance of a basic M3 chip.
But with these first indicators we are witnessing the beginning of tough competition in the segment of ARM processors for laptops. If Qualcomm’s response appears to be as effective as laid out in these benchmarks, Apple has a lot to worry about. Especially before the arrival of Nvidia and AMD in the same segment by 2025.