Snapdragon X Elite-powered Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Edge to Compete with M3 MacBooks in Pricing

[btarunr]

In what is a solid hint that Arm-based SoCs such as the Qualcomm Snapdragon X don't just intend to serve as cheaper alternatives to x86-based U-segment processors from Intel and AMD, but also compete in the high-end on virtue of their performance and battery life advantages; Samsung is designing a line of premium thin-and-light notebooks around the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor. Snapdragon X crams in the company's most advanced Arm CPU IP, and the latest generation Qualcomm Adreno iGPU; with Qualcomm claiming to offer 2x the CPU and graphics performance over x86 processors in its price-class, at 1/3rd the power (in other words, over 2x the battery life). It also packs a powerful NPU with 45 TOPS AI inferencing performance on tap. The Snapdragon X Elite is essentially Qualcomm's answer to the M3.

With the Snapdragon X Elite, Samsung has designed the new Galaxy Book 4 Edge, and WinFuture has some specs. Apparently the notebook comes in a 14-inch thin-and-light form-factor. The Snapdragon X Elite will be paired with 16 GB of LPDDR5/X memory, and 512 GB of NVMe-based SSD storage. Comms will include a 5G MODEM for connectivity anywhere; and possibly Wi-Fi 7 BE. Although we can't tell from the company images, it stands to reason that Samsung is using an AMOLED touchscreen display. WinFuture reports that Samsung plans to price the Galaxy Book 4 Edge at €1,759, which should put it in competition with several models of M3-powered MacBooks. The best part? The notebook is powered by Windows 11, and comes with a Microsoft-supplied translation layer for running legacy PC apps on it.



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[Garrus]

Hype is fading.

It started off with us hoping for an Apple M1 moment for Windows on ARM. Now we found out that prices are crazy high.

Worst of all the CPU models have leaked and sure enough the benchmarks we've been fed for the last 6 months are all for the top model. There is no M1. There are multiple slower and slower, worse and worse models, that you will actually be what you get. They should have released 1 or 2 CPUs, at most.

Expect $1000 and some massive cut down model that makes no sense. $1500 for the one we thought we were getting, the benchmark model.

Can't go worse than Intel Core Ultra I guess...

This is the biggest problem for Qualcomm, relying on Samsung in the laptop space.

 

[john_]

This could be interesting. Waiting for reviews.

 

[bonehead123]

16 GB of LPDDR5/X memory, and 512 GB of NVMe-based SSD storage

@$2K for these lame, gimped-out specs = DOA

 

[Baba]

"at €1,759, which should put it in competition with several models of M3-powered MacBooks"

€1,759 = $1,922.44. M3 Pro is $1,800 right now. And not the M3 PRO with a base M3 but the actual M3 PRO CPU. M1 is $750 and M3 is $1,250 in Macbook Airs. M3 in Macbook Pro body is $1,400. I don't see this competiting well with M3 Pro chip.

MacBook Pro (14-inch) - Apple M3 Pro chip with 11-core CPU and 14-core GPU, 512GB SSD 1,799.99$​

Memory (RAM)
18 GB

Model
MRX33LL/A

Processor
Apple M3 Pro Chip

Screen Resolution
3024 x 1964

Screen Size
14.2 in.

SSD Size
512 GB

Wireless Networking
Wi-Fi 6E

https://www.costco.com/macbooks.html