Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 Arm CPU pops up in Geekbench and wallops the x86 laptop competition by over 30% in single-core performance

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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Qualcomm’s new second-gen Snapdragon X2 CPU has appeared in the Geekbench results browser for the first time (via Notebookcheck) and posted some pretty impressive numbers. In terms of single-core performance, it’s over 30% faster than the best laptop CPUs from AMD and Intel.Geekbench is but one metric and obviously not a real-world application. But especially when it comes to single-core performance, it tends to align reasonably well with actual, usable performance.For the record, then, an Asus Zenbook A16 equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2E-96-100, which is the top-spec model from the new X2 family, has been logged in the Geekbench 6 online results. In terms of single-core CPU performance, we’re talking 4,033 points. Related articles Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon X2 Plus, with up to 35% more single-core CPU performance and 29% faster GPUs than X Plus chips Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 chip gets tested in games and unsurprisingly can’t keep up with Intel’s mighty Panther Lake APU The cores in Nvidia’s upcoming PC processor achieve ‘performance parity’ with Intel and AMD’s latest chips, but will it actually be any good for games? For context, the fastest laptop with the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip knocks out 3,048 points by the same metric. As for Intel’s hot new Panther Lake chip, that clocks in at just under 3,000 points.So, in terms of plain old single-core performance, the new Qualcomm chip is fully one third faster. That is a heck of a lot. Imagine if AMD or Intel brought out a new CPU that had over 30% more performance than the previous gen. Quite. Actually gaming on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X