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Partially copying my comment from the Copilot+ thread They do some sleight of hand when doing the comparisons during the release today. The Surface Laptop is
by dagmx 2y ago
Partially copying my comment from the Copilot+ thread
They do some sleight of hand when doing the comparisons during the release today.
The Surface Laptop is physically a competitor to the actively cooled MacBook Pro (in fact it’s thicker).
Their performance and battery metrics are against the slimmer and passively cooled MacBook Air.
Their performance comparison is between the M3 and the Snapdragon X Elite when the M3 has throttled (their wording is sustained performance). The Elite is a significantly higher TDP product line than the M3 and its own sibling.
Their battery comparison is between the M3 and the Snapdragon X Plus. This is the lower wattage SoC, paired with a thicker body that likely has a larger capacity battery as a result.
It’s very unlikely that the device has both stronger performance AND longer battery life, because those are handled by different SKUs. Likely you will choose whichever metric matters more to you.
Still a strong showing, but take the “benchmarks” with a heavy grain of salt.
- akmittal 2y agoIt's clear that elite x is not better than M3 in everything. But considering how far behind ARM on windows was, even having 5-10% slower chip is also a great improvement. Hope Qualcomm manage to make 15-20 jump with each generation like Apple.
- dagmx 2y agoSure, that’s why I end my comment with saying that it’s a strong showing. I’m looking forward to more aarch64 support everywhere. I just wish companies were more straightforward about what’s being presented. Though I believe that perf per watt will end up being closer to an M2 than an M3. If you take the battery size of an M2 MacBook Pro it also claims similar battery life as the Snapdragon X Plus here.
- Espressosaurus 2y agoUntil I can see some real benchmarks it's all bullshit. I watched their presentation and the lack of specificity is a glaring red flag. I'll happily eat my hat if the claimed performance is replicated across more than some rather targeted benchmarks.