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James Bentley

New Snapdragon X Elite allegedly beats Apple M3 in CPU and AI performance, but Apple is already looking to M4

The 2024 MacBook Air M3 on a wooden table in front of a bookshelf.

Microsoft and Qualcomm might finally have an answer to a chip Apple launched six months ago, but with what Apple has planned next, it might already be a bit behind the competition. 

The first Apple M3 chip device launched back in October last year with the M3 MacBook Pro range. The same chip then launched with the M3 MacBook Air in March this year. The new line of OLED iPad Pros is also tipped to get the M3 chip, with the iPad Air 6 expected to inherit 2022’s M2 chip. This is all to say we’ve had the chip for a while now and most modern Apple devices will have some variation of it. 

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