Windows on ARM: All announced notebooks with Snapdragon X Elite
Windows on ARM is gaining momentum like never before. All major notebook manufacturers are launching Snapdragon X devices; Intel leader Dell even has an XPS 13.
Microsoft is the pioneer with the Snapdragon X Elite. However, other manufacturers will also be launching new Windows-on-ARM notebooks from June.
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Microsoft is driving the spread of Windows on ARM like never before. All major notebook manufacturers have already announced models with Qualcomm's 12- and 10-core Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus processors.
It all starts with 16 notebooks from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and Samsung – most of them in different configurations. Dell is likely to be the biggest surprise: Until now, the manufacturer has primarily relied on Intel; notebooks with AMD Ryzen CPUs have always been a marginal phenomenon. In the case of the Snapdragon X family, Dell is now launching most of the devices, including two versions of the prestigious XPS 13.
Starting prices from 1200 euros
Most notebooks are already available for pre-order. Microsoft has set June 18, 2024, as the deadline for its Surface Laptop (7) and the Surface Pro (11). Other manufacturers also want to deliver from mid-June, others in July or August (see table at the end of the article). Prices start at around 1200 euros. Fortunately, all devices have at least 16 GB RAM, USB4 and Wi-Fi 7.
Available webshop links:
- Asus
- Dell
- HP (US site only so far)
- Microsoft(Surface Laptop, Surface Pro)
- Lenovo(Thinkpad, Yoga)
- Samsung (US site only so far)
The first German retailers are also listing notebooks with the Snapdragon X Elite.
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So far only promises without independent benchmarks
However, interested parties can only pre-order a pig in a poke so far. There are no independent benchmarks so far, so you can only rely on the promises made by Microsoft and Qualcomm. This is particularly fatal for the Snapdragon X Elite, as notebook manufacturers can configure it with any thermal design power (TDP). As a result, performance can vary significantly from model to model.
Asus, for example, uses the nominally slowest Snapdragon X Elite with the type designation X1E-78-100 (3.4 GHz CPU clock, no boost available) in the Vivobook S 15. However, with a high TDP of 45 watts, it could outperform many competitor models.
Notebooks mit dem Snapdragon X Elite und X Plus (8 Bilder)
Acer Swift 14 AI
In addition, Microsoft's promises regarding the new x86 ARM emulator Prism are not exactly well-founded. For example, the blog states: "Emulated applications on PCs with the Snapdragon X Elite are more than 2x faster than previous generation Windows ARM devices running Windows 11 22H2." The footnote then makes it clear that the comparison only refers to the Geekbench 5 benchmark and not to practical everyday apps.
Meanwhile, anyone hoping for fast and fanless Windows devices will be disappointed. Most manufacturers do not mention cooling in their announcements; however, when asked, no one has yet confirmed a passive design. Only with the Surface Pro 11 with Snapdragon X Plus do we think this is still possible.
| Windows-Notebooks mit Snapdragon X | ||||||
| Hersteller | Modell | CPU | Bildschirm | Gewicht | Startpreis | Verfügbarkeit |
| Acer | Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) | Plus X1P-64-100, Elite X1E-78-100 | 14,5", 16:10, 2560 × 1600 (IPS), 120 Hz | 1,4 kg | 1400 € | August |
| Asus | VivoBook S 15 (S5507) | Elite X1E-78-100 | 15,6", 16:9, 2880 × 1620 (OLED), 120 Hz | 1,4 kg | 1400 € | Juni |
| Dell | Inspiron 14 | k.A. | k.A. | k.A. | k.A. | k.A. |
| Dell | Inspiron 14 Plus | k.A. | 14", 16:10, 2560 × 1600 (IPS) | 1,5 kg | 1200 € | Juli |
| Dell | Latitude 5455 | k.A. | k.A. | k.A. | k.A. | k.A. |
| Dell | Latitude 7455 | k.A. | 14", 16:10, 2560 × 1600 (IPS) | 1,4 kg | k.A. | k.A. |
| Dell | XPS 13 | Elite X1E-80-100 | 13,4", 16:10, 1920 × 1200 (IPS), 120 Hz | 1,2 kg | 1400 € | Juli |
| HP | EliteBook Ultra AI PC | Elite X1E-78-100 | 14", 16:10, 2240 × 1400 (IPS) | 1,4 kg | k.A. | k.A. |
| HP | OmniBook X AI PC | Elite X1E-78-100 | 14", 16:10, 2240 × 1400 (IPS) | 1,4 kg | k.A. | k.A. |
| Lenovo | ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 | Elite X1E-78-100 | 14", 16:10, 1920 × 1200 (IPS)/2880 × 1800 (OLED) | 1,2 kg | 2100 € | August |
| Lenovo | Yoga Slim 7x | Elite X1E-78-100 | 14,5", 16:10, 2880 × 1800 (OLED), 90 Hz | 1,3 kg | 1500 € | Juni |
| Microsoft | Surface Laptop 13,8" | Plus X1P-64-100, Elite-Modell unbekannt | 13,8", 3:2, 2304 × 1536 (IPS), 120 Hz | 1,3 kg | 1200 € | Juni |
| Microsoft | Surface Laptop 15" | Elite-Modell unbekannt | 15", 3:2, 2496 × 1664 (IPS), 120 Hz | 1,7 kg | 1550 € | Juni |
| Microsoft | Surface Pro | Plus X1P-64-100, Elite-Modell unbekannt | 13", 3:2, 2880 × 1920 (IPS, OLED), 120 Hz | 0,9 kg^1 | 1200 €^1 | Juni |
| Samsung | Galaxy Book4 Edge 14" | Elite X1E-80-100 | 14", 16:10, 2880 × 1800 (OLED), 120 Hz | 1,2 kg | 1700 € | Juni |
| Samsung | Galaxy Book4 Edge 16" | Elite X1E-84-100 | 16", 16:10, 2880 × 1800 (OLED), 120 Hz | 1,5 kg | 1800 € | Juni |
| ^1 nur Tablet, ohne Tastaturhülle | ||||||
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