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Jason England

Microsoft believes Snapdragon X Elite is about to blow away MacBook Air M3

Microsoft Surface Pro 10.

So far, companies like Intel and AMD have fought for the AI PC throne, but have fallen just short of what Apple silicon is capable of — not just in terms of AI-driven tasks, but in terms of CPU and GPU performance.

Well, that could be all about to change, as internal documents leaked to The Verge show that Microsoft is very confident that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chip can beat Apple’s M3 MacBook Air. Not only that, but at next month's Build event, the company looks set to drop the consumer version of the Surface Pro 10 that packs this ARM chipset.

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