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In which configs and which geographic locations? In the US, pricing for equivalent Surface and Mac hardware configurations looks the same, to me. And that's if
by runjake 2y ago
In which configs and which geographic locations? In the US, pricing for equivalent Surface and Mac hardware configurations looks the same, to me.
And that's if the Snapdragon X Elite is actually on par with the Apple M3, like Microsoft claims.
Earlier X Elite benchmarks[1][2] showed that it was behind the M3, but hopefully Qualcomm have made some solid performance changes since then. Competition is good.
1. https://www.xda-developers.com/snapdragon-x-elite-benchmarks/ https://www.xda-developers.com/snapdragon-x-elite-benchmarks... Note: the link is comparing vs the M2
2. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/early-snapdragon-x-elite-benchmarks-seemingly-confirm-the-chips-incredible-performance-and-battery-life-potential https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/early-snapdr...
- TiredOfLife 2y agoASUS Vivobook S15 S5507QA: 32GB/1TB 1400 EUR MacBook Air 15,3" Apple M3 8-Core CPU & 10-Core GPU 24GB/1TB 2649 €
- runjake 2y ago1. Ah I had assumed you were talking about the new Surface laptops, my bad. 2. Where are you seeing the pricing for those Vivobook configs? I'm not able to pull up equivalent pricing in the US, so far. That might be a pretty good deal, depending on the real world performance of the X Elite and the build quality of the ASUS laptop (I've had quite a few and it's been some great hits and some major misses.)
- TiredOfLife 2y agoThe euro prices were from a leak. But the us price for 15" vivobook 16gb/1tb with elite (from announcement video) is 1299. 15" m3 with 16gb/1tb from apple.com is 1899
- Foobar8568 2y agoAsus, the brand that can't make an ISO keyboard in Europe. Either Surface line or Lenovo x line can be compared with Apple devices, anything else falls short.
- goosedragons 2y agoUS. Canada. Probably other regions. A Surface Laptop with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD is $1200 USD. A M3 MBA with with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD is $1500.
- runjake 2y agoAn equivalent-specced Surface laptop would be the following specs: - 13" or 15" screen - Snapdragon X Elite (which still doesn't match M3 performance) - 16 GB memory - 512 GB SSD Surface laptop price is $1399 (13") or $1499 (15"), which is $100 cheaper for the 13" vs the equivalent MBA, and $200 cheaper for the equivalent MBA 15". The Snapdragon X Plus, which is what it looks like you priced out, is quite inferior to the Elite and even the older Apple M1/M2 series chips. This is all to say that neither is a bad buy, depending on your needs.
- goosedragons 2y agoIn single core performance... In multi-core from what I've seen X Plus is faster than base M3.
- runjake 2y agoI couldn't find the Geekbench results for an MBA M3, but here's for an MBP 14" M3: Single: 3088 Multi: 11595 Non-production Elite X From Anandtech[1]: Single: 2800 Multi: 14400 Non-production Plus X From Anandtech[1]: Single: 2425 Multi: 13100 Slower single perf for both Snapdragons. Decent 10% jump in multi over the M3. I am eager to see how the production units will pan out on benchmarks and sustained performance. Qualcomm's been shady in the past with their so-called "Apple killer" chip benchmarks. I don't think these are "Apple killers", but I hope it pans out, for competition's sake. 1. https://www.anandtech.com/show/21364/qualcomm-intros-snapdragon-x-plus-details-entire-sdx-chip-stack/2 https://www.anandtech.com/show/21364/qualcomm-intros-snapdra...
- killingtime74 2y agoM3 was last year though, M4 has just been released, though iPad only for now