News Summary

• While the 12-core CPU Qualcomm chips are posting higher multi-core scores than the 8-core CPU M3 chip found in Apple’s MacBook Air, the M3 is still unbeaten on single core.
• Its multi-core score averages around 12,000, or about 20% below the Microsoft Surface.Power efficiency testing is more complicated, as it depends on test environment and the exact chip in question; there are several variants of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chip that run at different clock speeds.
• In terms of core count and power efficiency characteristics, though, the Snapdragon X Elite is in some ways closer to the Apple M3 Pro chip found in the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro.
• On raw Geekbench numbers, the Snapdragon X Elite in the new Microsoft Surface Pro is clocking in at around 2,800 on single core, and 14,300 on multi-core.
• The M3 Air comfortably beats in single core, scoring well above 3,000.
• The M3 chip is also more power efficient than the X Elite …Results vary by which synthetic test you look at, of course.