Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme laptop chip catches up with Apple’s M4<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>The first generation of <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/apple-silicon/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple Silicon[/url] chips took other chip makers by surprise. While everyone knew it would be good, the M1 chip was
so far ahead of its competitors in both power and efficiency that there must have been a lot of worried faces in Intel and Qualcomm’s respective boardrooms.</p>
<p>Three generations later, Qualcomm appears to have finally caught up with Apple’s <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/m4/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">M4[/url] chip with its new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip, intended for laptops. However, that situation may not last for long … </p>
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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme laptop chip catches up with Apple’s M4
