Not only 4 more cores but the QC chip has 12 performance cores rather than the 4+4 setup of the M3. So 50% in total core advantage and 200% when it comes to hi

Not only 4 more cores but the QC chip has 12 performance cores rather than the 4+4 setup of the M3. So 50% in total core advantage and 200% when it comes to high performance cores only for 16% multi-threaded lead is hardly an advantage. Ofc there are caveats to this if QC’s performance cores are closer to Apple’s efficiency cores in terms of size and power consumption then it’s a different story. But that doesn’t seem to be the case. The other major caveat is that QC has so far only been demoing its SoCs on devboards which don’t share the same power and thermal restrictions as real world designs. Whilst the M3 figures are for real world hardware. So squeezing the Snapdragon Elite into a MacBook Air style form factor might paint a very different picture.