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The current qualcomm arm laptops seem to be slower than x64 with worse power consumption. I'm not totally clear what went wrong there, some articles thought sca
by JonChesterfield 2y ago
The current qualcomm arm laptops seem to be slower than x64 with worse power consumption. I'm not totally clear what went wrong there, some articles thought scaling mobile phone chips up to laptop wattage was harder than expected. There doesn't seem to be anyone else (other than apple) attempting it, maybe this will be the year.
I'm excited about the next set of APU chips from AMD, curious to see if they get much attention at the event.
- dagmx 2y agoThe reason they’re slower is they’re not really “scaled up” in any meaningful way just yet. They’re still currently just the Snapdragon 8cx processors which are marginal boosts to the Snapdragon 8 mobile series. The Snapdragon X series should push them into more competitive territory against x86_64, though it lags considerably behind Apple’s latest offering.
- JonChesterfield 2y agoSlower seems totally legitimate, it's slower with worse power consumption that seems out of place. Taking a CPU from a phone totally unchanged and connecting it to a much larger battery in a laptop should be good for multiple days of life, yet somehow that's not at all what exists on the market.