Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 CPU wallops the x86 laptop competition by over 30% in single-core Geekbench performance
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/qualcomms-new-snapdragon-x2-arm-cpu-pops-up-in-geekbench-and-wallops-the-x86-laptop-competition-by-over-30-percent-in-single-core-performance/Open linkView original on lemmy.ca
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Pointless until someone releases a UEFI capable board that I can install a Linux distro of my choice on.
Someone should start doing this
Let’s see real world usage comparison tests, then we’ll talk.
Yeah so the last couple generations of their cores were supposed to be Super Awesome™, but in real world usage ended up being absolute dogs - not to mention, the lack of a system analogous to Apple’s Rosetta 2 (say what you will about Apple, but that one translation layer was an absolute godsend in terms of ironing out the vast majority of CPU architecture-related hiccups arising from the x86 -> ARM transition) kinda largely hamstrung adoption.
Let’s wait and see how this actually performs.
A good way to find out would be Microsoft releasing their own games for Windows ARM. AFAIK only Solitaire Collection is ported to ARM.