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Snapdragon X Elite Running In The Snapdragon Dev Kit Can Reach A Power Draw Of Up To 102W With Cinebench 2024 Fired Up

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The Snapdragon Dev Kit was introduced by Qualcomm for developers at a price of $899, and it featured the company’s top-end silicon for Windows-powered machines, the Snapdragon X Elite.

Given that the chipset takes advantage of processing cores based on ARM’s instruction sets and not the x86 architecture, power-efficiency would be its forte.

Unfortunately, the Snapdragon X Elite displays extreme power-guzzling attributes when running inside the kit, as one developer points out when running a couple of tests, including Cinebench 2024.

Since Cinebench 2024 hammers the CPU, it was obvious that the Snapdragon X Elite would reach a higher power draw while running in the Snapdragon Dev Kit Given that the Snapdragon Dev Kit is not a mobile machine and cannot function while being carried around, it would make sense for Qualcomm to let the Snapdragon X Elite operate at full tilt so developers gain access to the chipset’s entire performance envelope.

Jeff Geerling, a developer, noticed this behavior when firing up Geekbench 6 and Cinebench 2024. The first benchmark revealed that the Snapdragon X Elite’s power draw was 80W, which is an acceptable range. Related Story Apple Updates Its M3 MacBook Air Marketing Material, Claims It Is Up To 40 Percent Faster Than Copilot+ PCs Featuring The Snapdragon X EliteHowever, things take a different turn when running Cinebench 2024, as Geerling reports that the power draw was in the 99W-102W range.

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