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Linux support is coming to Snapdragon X2 series

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modeless · 1790208405 · focus · HN ↗
I think a lot of people don't realize the level of performance Qualcomm has reached with these. This is the closest competition to Apple's M series that we have, for the laptop form factor at least. They are better than Intel and AMD's best. I'd love to buy an X2 laptop with Linux preinstalled and supported.
1. dmitrygr · 1790217475 · focus · HN ↗
  > closest competition to Apple's M series that we have,
  Not very close at all, not even to the two-year-old model, it appears
  <a href="https://wccftech.com/snapdragon-x2-plus-loses-to-m4-in-4-out-of-5-cpu-and-gpu-tests/" rel="nofollow">https://wccftech.com/snapdragon-x2-plus-loses-to-m4-in-4-out...
  1. deryilz · 1790218349 · focus · HN ↗
    that's x2 plus. look for benchmarks of the x2 elite extreme, which currently is selling with 48gb ram for $1370: <a href="https://www.bestbuy.com/product/asus-zenbook-a16-16-3k-oled-touchscreen-laptop-snapdragon-x2-elite-extreme-2026-48gb-memory-512gb-storage-copilot-pc-zabriskie-beige/JJGHGSGFLJ/sku/6674414" rel="nofollow">https://www.bestbuy.com/product/asus-zenbook-a16-16-3k-oled-...
    dmitrygr · 1790219033 · focus · HN ↗
    OK, i did.
    <a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/19122559" rel="nofollow">https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/19122559
    <a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/14591329" rel="nofollow">https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/14591329
    yup... still laughably behind by nearly 20%. And that is behind the M5, not even the current M6
    afroboy · 1790224759 · focus · HN ↗
    20% behind that's actually very impressive and if it will support Linux that's more impressive.

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