Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Benchmarks on Ubuntu Linux vs. AMD vs. Intel
a year ago
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- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite launched in June 2024 with initial excitement for ARM laptops.
- Linux support for Snapdragon X Elite has been disappointing despite Qualcomm and Linaro's efforts.
- Ubuntu Linux has been leading in providing support for Snapdragon X Elite with developer previews.
- Canonical engineers have worked on improvements for Ubuntu 25.04 to enhance X Elite support.
- The Acer Swift 14 AI laptop (SF14-11T-X3RZ) was purchased for testing, featuring Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100 SoC.
- The Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100 has 12 Oryon CPU cores, 42MB cache, and a 3.8 TFLOPS Adreno GPU.
- Ubuntu 25.04 ARM64 desktop image was used for testing, with Secure Boot disabled for installation.