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Intel's upcoming Panther Lake chip, set for release in 2025-2026, is a significant development featuring multiple versions with enhanced CPU and GPU capabilities, aiming to improve battery life, performance, and gaming graphics for a range of laptops, marking a strategic move to compete with Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm.
Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite CPU has outperformed Intel's and AMD's flagship mobile CPUs in Geekbench 6, showcasing its potential to compete with the best x86 chip makers in the PC landscape. With impressive single-core and multi-core test scores, the ARM-based laptop chip is positioned to offer best-in-class multi-threaded performance and is targeted to rival Apple's ARM-based laptop CPUs. While Geekbench 6 results may not always reflect real-world performance accurately, Qualcomm's achievement with the Snapdragon X Elite demonstrates its capability to deliver fast and efficient ARM-based solutions for mainstream Windows 11 devices.
At CES 2024, Intel unveiled its complete 14th-generation CPU family, featuring powerful "HX" series chips like the 24-core i9-14900HX for extreme gaming and media creation, as well as new mainstream desktop CPUs and Core U Processor Series 1 for thin and light notebooks. The Core i9-14900HX boasts eight P-cores, 16 E-cores, and a 5.8GHz turbo frequency, outperforming AMD's Ryzen chips in gaming and multitasking. Additionally, Intel announced 18 new 14th-gen desktop chips and detailed the features of the Core U-Series platform.
AMD has officially announced its new low-power laptop chip, Ryzen 7840U, which is claimed to outperform Apple's M2 processor in application performance by up to 75%. The chip also takes on Intel Core i7-1360P in productivity and graphics. The company claims that the chip offers up to a 24% application performance increase over the 6850H chip. The Ryzen 7840U is part of the new 15- to 30-watt lineup of U-series parts, which includes Ryzen 9, Ryzen 7, and Ryzen 3 series parts with three different tiers of graphics.