So I keep seeing these articles and videos about how Qualcomm made a CPU that can beat Apple’s M2 Max and even Intel’s i9 series. I wasn’t aware that Qualcomm was a player in the desktop CPU space. Does that mean we’ll soon be able to buy gaming laptops powered by Oryon CPUs? Will I be able to build a desktop PC with the Oryon CPU? I’ve only ever used Qualcomm’s Snapdragon CPUs which are for Android phones and definitely can’t compete with Apple’s laptop chips, so I’m not sure how their desktop lineup works.
The M2 in the iPad Pro scores 2480 in GB6 ST vs 2325 for the 8g3 in a phone with an inferior cooling solution, that’s a 6% lead for M2. That’s definitely within the same ballpark. Alongside Qualcomm’s bold performance claims from the oryon presentation there’s no reason to believe they’ll be substantially behind Apple in laptops for ST, at least against the current M2 generation.