On June 18th, the media embargo date for reviews on Snapdragon X Elite laptops, which are more commonly referred to as Copilot+ PCs, expired. One of the first to be tested is the Asus Vivobook S15 which houses the third SKU (X1E-78-100) in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series_url. Let’s take a look at what the reviews tell us about the Snapdragon X Elite’s real-world performance and battery life.
Snapdragon X Elite CPU Performance
This has also validated Qualcomm‘s performance claims about the Nuvia-designed Oryon CPU cores matching Apple M3. Geekbench and Cinebench multicore tests were compared and the results show that the Snapdragon X Elite in this Asus Vivobook S15 outperforms the MacBook Air M3, as illustrated by Dave2D in this video. The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H is also faster than the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS.
Snapdragon X Elite Battery Life
Vivobook S15 with 70 Whr battery stands out for its excellent battery endurance. The 10 hours and 46 minutes of bio-time that Dave2D was able to achieve in light load was close to the 11 hours and 18 minutes of the MacBook Air M3. In all testing scenarios, the OSnews Ndurance Book Xtreme outperformed Intel and AMD-based laptops by 2 to 3 hours, with 7:47h on medium load and 4:12h on full load. And Tom’s Guide praised its ability to last two days of mixed-use, something seldom seen outside of Apple’s M-series MacBooks.
Snapdragon X Elite Gaming Performance
While the colorful Asus Vivobook S15 is not a gaming laptop on paper, it proved to deliver a relatively good performance in some older game titles under emulation. While you could get playable performance with the odd stutter on the likes of Cyberpunk 2077 and Overwatch 2, especially with ARM64 optimization.
Snapdragon X Elite Emulation Performance
The Prism restarted emulation layer showed incredible translation of x86 apps, decreasing the thousands of cycles for every render time, and keeping the program usable despite the program’s hefty character, the likes of Adobe Premiere Pro below emulation. So far, gaming under emulation appears pretty promising (though with the odd glitch thanks to anti-cheat systems).
Snapdragon X Elite: Thermals and Fan Noise
The Snapdragon X Elite laptops offer fans to keep the SoC cool under load, they generally run very quietly at load, with fan noise reaching as high as 42 dB at worst, though during light to moderate loads, the fan is inaudible. Thermal performance is also well within control, with temperatures of up to 107°F (41.6°C) under heavy load, in line with other ultrabooks and thin-and-light high-performance laptops.
FAQs
What are the main features of Snapdragon X Elite laptops?
Snapdragon X Elite laptops are equipped with Qualcomm’s Nuvia-designed Oryon CPU cores, Adreno X1 GPU, and integrate with Qualcomm’s Copilot+ platform for advanced AI functionalities.
How does Snapdragon X Elite handle gaming and emulation?
Snapdragon X Elite laptops deliver solid gaming performance under emulation, especially with ARM64 optimized games. Emulation supports running x86 applications like Adobe Premiere Pro, although some games may encounter occasional issues due to anti-cheat systems.
