It’s time for some quality leaks! The upcoming Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 could give Windows on ARM PCs a big boost in performance.
A Geekbench listing has been spotted for the chip.
Its results show a marked improvement over the current generation Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2, which now powers a handful of Windows on ARM machines. It is still nowhere near what Apple has done with its impressive M1 lineup, but that is to be expected.
After all, those chips outperform some of the best CPUs from Intel and AMD.
But getting back to the leak, it shows a single-core score of 1010 and a multi-core score of 5335. The Gen 2 chip could only muster 797 and 3006, respectively. This is what devices like the HP Elite Folio and the Surface Pro X were limited to.
This Gen 3 chip’s single-core score put it within the range of the Lenovo Yoga C740, which actually houses an Intel Core i5-10210U CPU. Its multi-core numbers place it above the HP Spectre x360 14, which is powered by an Intel Core i7-1165G7 processor.
While benchmark figures are not the only factor that affects PC performance, computers powered by this upcoming chip could see significant improvement over the previous generation.
Then again, Qualcomm might need all the help it can get, as the company may soon see more serious competition in the Windows on ARM space after its exclusivity deal with Microsoft expires.
The promise of the third generation of the Qualcomm 8cx line would at least help Qualcomm fend off potential competitors.
You know, the likes of MediaTek and Samsung.
