Qualcomm Is Cheating on Their Snapdragon X Elite/Pro Benchmarks

50% of stated benchmark numbers, roughly.

“we got similar reports from OEMs and another Tier 1. Both reported numbers that were nowhere close to what Qualcomm promised. How not close? Above 50% this time but one used the term ‘Celeron’ to describe performance. The claims of better than Apple’s Rosetta 2 x86 emulation are clearly not real on what is probably the release hardware and software.”

Another older post: https://www.semiaccurate.com/2023/09/26/whats-going-on-with-...

How does this fly? Blatant lying from mfgs/corps really is bad. It’s not just ‘creeping’ up anymore, it’s blowing up. Glad to hear some investigative journalism is happening. At least with M-series, it lived up to the hype, regardless w/e Apple’s other practices are..