My First Snapdragon X Elite Laptop - Watch BEFORE You Buy! [ft. CoPilot+ & Benchmarks]
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.พ. 2025
- First Impressions (& benchmarks) of the ASUS Vivobook S 15 - the 1st Snapdragon X Elite laptop and CoPilot+ PC! Does it live up to the hype? ▶ Buy: asus.click/s55...
Why not SUBSCRIBE? (it's free)! 😄
▶ TH-cam: bit.ly/2UyCBGq
▶ IG: / thetechchap
▶ TikTok: / tomthetechchap
Hey Chaps! Would you buy a Snapdragon Laptop??
Still waiting for more reviews...more interested in the new chips than all the AI features which is oversaturated anyway
I believe I'll hold on to my Asus 14 Oled with the ultra 7 for now. Great overview good man!
Every sort of "AI" that is used nowadays is machine learning, not just "generative AI"... I'm curious about the 80 and 84. The 78 is not a real X Elite IMHO, it just has 2 more cores than the Plus variants.
I will wait for Lunar Lake :)
@@DarkCloud360 why?
The live translation feature is next level. I'm native Spanish and what the girl said was very accurately translated. Crazy times and we're barely starting.
Same with Japanese, im native btw
My chromebook have had this feature for a while aswell, and it works on every sound generated on the laptop, but it sometimes have a hard time when lots of background noise etc.
Japanese friend: "ばかばかばかばか..."
@@yensteel that is rude I think? (Japanese learner here)
@@AndrewTSq Yes 😁. People are going to try similar stuff like that to see if the translation is working or not XD. It's not directed at anybody.
Sidetracking, a common issue with translators is that they're terrible with mixed languages, or borrowed words. EDI (software) was mistranslated to “一点爱” in one interview. It was from processing a Chinese to English audio interview, so the researchers got incredibly confused when this IT manager expressed romantic affection for his company's b2b system. Ok, that's an exaggeration but seeing "A little love" pop up everywhere was funny.
Microsoft trying to sell me laptops with "features" I keep disabling via group policy is not exactly a selling point
Microsoft needs to improve a lot with Windows.
- Remove unecessary bloatware. The Windows is paid and full of adware, really microsoft?
- Improve the OOBE (omg is so fully of telemetry, xbox and other sh**, it takes ages destroying the user experience)
- Improve the overall experience for advanced users (i dont remember how many times i had to use Chris Titus toolkit to fix Windows)
Why would you not want an AI enhanced keylogger that is on by default and storing your data in plain text
it has Linux support tho
Use a different OS then. You dont have to use Windows
I, for one, like to keep those features.
I could not care less about AI. I'm just interested in efficiency.
Yep absolutely fair - improved efficiency and better battery life is the big one really
Yeah I'm interested in not having built-in spyware on my laptops!
Windows users are more gaming oriented, so just emphasizing that these new chips are good at neural processing isn't good selling point. No one buys for Copilot.
It’s windows so no
The fact that vendors are scrambling so hard to create use cases to justify the need for NPUs (and failing miserably) makes it clear that right now this is pure marketing.
Usb c on both sides is not nitpicking. Charger is less of a problem. The docking station is. You see my wife's HP has Usb C on the right side I've got Dell with port on the left side. It is impossible to organise a desk good for both of us. Cables in docking stations are usually stiff and not very long.
i got an hp dragonfly pro one, the only ports it has are 3 usb c ports lol, 1 on the right and 2 on the left
Then pony up for a HP Dragonfly G3 or G4, it has USB C on both sides. Otherwise put up with it
@@seanh1988 Dragonfly has a glossy screen. Which is a big NO from me. I am very much considering Framework 13 at this point.
I seriously detest companies making their products deliberately confusing so it is difficult to know which one you have. You know that all the manufacturers will just say "Snapdragon X Elite" and then give no details more than that, just like they often say "I7" a lot with no details, or just "Nvidea card X" with no details of the card builder.
This isn't like intel.. there two processors only. So Google the specs once. And that's it
what is nvidea card x?
Nope, there are 3 variants of the elite x with varying clock speeds and they do indeed have complex names
@@Irresistibleirish97 There are 3 versions, the X Elite X1E-84, X1E-80 and X1E-78
@@historybitshortAlgebraic X, just standing in for whatever the number is. Look at any prebuilt desktop it says "Nvidea 3050" or something, but don't tell you which board partner or which version of the card.
Watching this on the 16 inch 1tb samsung edge. A few updates on unboxing, getting used to the numpad whilst typing, touch wood, negligible fan noise and has been on battery since full charge, continosuly watching youtube on edge, for the last 8 hours and ive got 20% left. Not too bad, might need to get more updates for the quoted hours. But overall, I actually, really like it
I get about 18 hours SOT on YT and browsing on my MB Air 15 M2. So that is disappointing, about 10 hours. I suppose OLED does not help.
I wanted that 1 but work for Microsoft and our discount is too good
@@andyH_England crappy 60hz screen....this is a much brighter 120Hz OLED screen and has a lot more features compared to MB Air so there you have it
@@FangOG I use my MacBook for Office works so I do not need OLED or 120 Hz and the display goes up to 600 nits so is higher than most. Also the IPS display is top quality. I suffer from PWM as well which sucks and is not on IPS panels. Easy win for me for the MacBook Air. But the MacBook Pro M3 base model is currently $350 off on Amazon US so that has miniLED and 120 Hz and is similar price to this with the discount.
@andyH_England we were sold something different. Appreciate the oled and hz, but that was factored in during their reviews. Mac architecture has been around longer and used to get a lot more battery. It's currently on par with the core 9 ultra cpu laptop that I had and returned. Went for the 16 as has a "larger" battery to accommodate for the larger screen. Better than Intel and really no fan noise with multiple tabs open
Thanks for reviewing. Can’t wait to grab one
Got my surface laptop today it’s insanely snappy and the fan hasn’t come on once yet
X elite?
@@techstuff3409 i have the base surface pro with x plus, it is definitely snappier than my older surface pro. Also face unlock is faster and more accurate. Actually, camera was always crashing on the intel surface pro, don't know if it's just me or a general issue.
@@supremespanker cool, meanwhile my Intel 12500h is running at 90c while gaming but the bright side is it's an 2.8k 120hz oled laptop
Expensive browsing laptop
@@KillaGorilla-l7z Worth it if hes browsing porn
Thank you for the highlight on everything!
Would be interesting to know whether the CPU or the GPU were holding back the games (because of the Arch). I know on Wine + Rosetta on mac's the CPU / emulator seems to bottleneck it.
Watching this on a spankin' Surface Laptop Gen 7 16/256 with Snapdragon(R) X 12-core X1E80100 @ 3.40 GHz. I bought it on a complete whim, being a very dedicated MacBook Pro M3 user (and general Apple systems geek for 40 years) to see where Windows was at and to directly compare the two machines. The machine itself is excellently built - every bit as solid and refined as my MacBooks. I haven't touched Windows since Windows 7, so it's been a while. I'm pleasantly surprised at how much more palatable Windows 11 Pro (I upgraded) is over what I expected. It's fluid, snappy, reasonably easy to navigate and dare I say it, pretty. Whatever technicalities I was looking for were easily found with Copilot's help. Nice job MS, I must say - I'm pretty impressed actually. Looking forward to making it all work with iCloud, which seems to be achievable to a major degree - another thing I wasn't expecting, especially when it comes to password management and URL history.
That recall feature will be disabled straight away. And if it cant be disabled then it will harm their sales
It literally is opt in
Also the average consumer doesn't care so even if it was still opt-in it wouldn't do much to their sales
you will be able to disable it.
@@ZedDevStuffit would do incredible damage to their reputation in the tech space, but yeah, not sure how important us tech interested ppl really are to their sales
@@kjellbeats No it wouldn't. It would affect their reputation with misled consumers
Good review. I'm interested in how intel will respond with lunar lake.
Also, I can't wait for a review of the surface laptop 7.
me too, and me too!
excellent review..thank you for hard work! waiting for a follow up one after all the updates & stuff.
Love your videos
I think arm chip is good for most of the people, I'm waiting the intel lunar lake review.
Another concern of x elite, end of this year I believe mediatek, samsung will also released arm processoe for windows pc.
The license between qualcomm and arm still have issue, can qualcomm design the next cpu is a question from arm company
Good point, but i really hope Samsung doesn't make any chip, their inferior manufacturing process ruin the efficiency, so make no reason to exists in devices with battery (even Intel swallowed his pride, and manufacturing at TSMC just to remain competitive.. at least for their mobile chip, where the efficiency is really matters)
Nice for the test. I'm really lookinf forward the new X Elite processors
I still can't shake off my frustration regarding the decision to remove the right Ctrl key from their design. I wish someone checks whether the laptops offer a BIOS swap for the 'co-pilot' button with the 'ctrl' key.
You could do that with a key remapper named Keytweak if I remember correctly
Good video. How hot does it get with light tasks and under load? My Ultra 7 based machine got very hot doing nothing, so I returned it. I’m going to wait for ones with discrete graphics cards.
For max power on battery there is a setting somewhere in Advanced System Settings to set the min power on battery to 100% Matt Talks Tech actually showed this in his review.
I have subscribed and will take your advice. I will wait 4-5 month to see what it will improve. By that time intel lunar lake will be out and will see if there's anything there as well.
Don't hold your breath - Intel is done and dusted
@@fireWireX4 check the history man whenever someone challenged Intel , intel never disappointed anyone .
I'm wondering if the next generation of X-Elite will be coming at the end of this year since this one got announced 2 years ago?
If so, then I would like to see if there are improvements in GPU and efficiency since this one is made on 4nm node of TSMC.
@@fireWireX4Nah, Intel has never once fallen behind. They will certainly destroy Qualcomm's emulated bullshit.
In your CPU benchmark, did you let the intel laptop run on battery or plug it on ?, if 2316 is the score that intel cpu can only get by sucking juice from the power supply then the snapdragon X elite's score is really impressive
When I first used the Macbook Air M2, I was amazed by how powerful and efficient it is while using an ARM based chip and most of its software being emulated by *Rosetta.
Hope there will be an ARM CPU with Nvidia powered GPU. That would be outstanding.
Nice. I like thin. But I wouldn't say I like hinges that can't be handled by the plastics around them and break after a usage period. Plus thin suffer from swelling batteries. I really hope all these have been updated before looking at the software part. Oh yes, I forgot:
- Mechanical Key board and
- the color of the backlit.
Are they good?
I hope that the budget Windows ARM laptops will be available on the market soon for most people who are the non-hi-end general users
Hello , thanks for this review , i have a question. The arm is different to 86x , so for example , i make mao with my computer , if i buy this , all of my vst and plugin become obsolete with arm no ? Or my VST can be compatible with the ARM ? thanks you !
Why do manufacturers seem to be going backwards with the RAM capacity these days? 16GB is fine but later on it's not ideal especially when Microsoft wants to eat more RAM with bloated features and other programmes wanting more, 32 should be the baseline especially if you can't upgrade anything anymore.
more efficient on the arm based chip and the ram chips they use having to be soldered on.
I am also surprised that some models max out at 16 GB, especially the high end Samsung ones. But you can go with Asus, Lenovo for 32 GB
Depends on use cases of course but I wouldn't even be completely happy with non-expandable 32GB for a new laptop that's meant to last for a few years...
Right?? The ONLY laptop with 32GB of ram or more is the Surface Laptop 7, and then you have to get the oil magnet black colour to get that. Infuriating.
It's just Qualcomm being cheap, these laptops are not any better than a $300 Chromebook.
how did you get those plaques with the X elite and SD 8 Gen 3? i want to buy one
This is quite interesting and possibly the only laptop video I have watched in a few months. Like arc, hopefully give it time.
Indeed!
Never will trust Qualcomm though, they just tried to hire a few Apple engineers and compete with them lol. These laptops are a joke.
@@diamondlion47 So you would prefer going with a mediatek product where you are limited with flashing etc.
Every company does the same thing.
0:40 "Look at me! I drew that!" omg, I died just now...
What about integration with Microsoft Office apps? Does it support it natively or do you still have to buy the $20-$30 Copilot pro subscription?
7:09 this clip is 100% a video of the big ol women in san antonio
who is she???
Please pair with a discreet graphics card and I won't be looking back
Adding a discrete gpu will take away the battery advantage which these companies are trying to get over apple.
The more practical approach is using an eGpu enclosure thunderbolt 4 dock.
Hold my beer
@@samareshdas767no it won’t
@@montymurray8602 Yes it will, are you dumb?
Have it be able to switch between the dgpu and the igpu and if it gets me at least 9 to 10 hours battery life while having a 4060 or 4070 id buy that today.
How is the performance while running Lightroom and Photoshop? Is this a good lightweight choice for photo editing with a long battery life?
4:24 is Copilot just Progressive Web App? does it even use local language models and NPU?
There's a lot of space left on both sides of the trackpad! So beside the sound system and speaker manufacturer, they could also print some information about the ssd, the panel, the cooling etc.! They could also advertise for completely different companies, such as Coca Cola, McDonalds or Porsche! And when it comes to stickers... in my opinion there are still not enough! How else should I know which processor I've bought?! But I'm glad to see that they printed the devices name below the display... because I keep forgetting which device I'm using! I hope there's a lot of bloatware too, so that I'm immediately in love with the OS too! ;-)
Everybody wants to copy the success of Apples MacBooks... the first step would be to care for a clean looking device, a positive first impression and love for the own products in general!
Still MacBooks (and maybe Dell's XPSes) are the only notebooks that do not annoy me, when first opening them!
if all you do is use office and browse the internet on the go the better battery life is gonna be a big deal but for any other use case it will depend on the app that you use since compatibility with X86-64 apps still sux.
Elite with 16Gb? For just $1300?
When would the Asus Zenbook S 16 be releasing?
I'm questioning the same 🤔
Major graphic upgrade required; Win12 pre-installed awaited as its anticipated to launch in autumn 2024; bit better keyboard design options; more drivers as rightly called out. Maybe then it'd be worth buying (I'd see that as an investment though 😉). 💻👨🏻💻
loved that thumbnail!!!
I’m an Apple Silicon MacBook user, but I’m glad for competition in the ARM-chip laptop market. Hopefully they can help to keep Apple’s prices in check.
0:32 he was paid to say that lol
which app you using for video edit?
Isn't part of the issue with the games is that they currently have to run through a translation layer converting them from x86 to arm as you mentioned with the apps? I would get one, maybe with a different aspect ratio screen.
All hail market competition!
Asus could use IPS panel for X Elite/X Plus laptops to get great battery life result than 3K OLED.
The VivoBook sounds impressive, but I agree, with new tech it's usually better to wait a bit longer for more features and optimizations.
what do you think on this t14s with snapdragon vs carbon x1 with intel?
I’m more intrigued with how MS will use windows on arm for the next xbox and xbox hand held
Can you test this for linux support? Maybe with Fedora for Arm?
We're actually blessed to have Tom S/o to The tech chap
Can I downgrade to windows 10 on this laptop?
This was interesting, but as a Desktop only user I wonder how long before we get a usable Desktop version that will play well with a discrete GPU.
I always disable all AI features in my laptopns, phones, whatever. This machine looks amazing, as a Thinkpad fan I hope to see a Thinkpad with this CPU. Great video!
How does photoshop perform on the new chips compared to an Apple M1 Max?
What's Asus' return policy if you buy this and discover you can't run all the applications you want?
Is this good for heavy duty work like 3d modelling? Mainly want to use it for game dev
Does this support avx? how do you enable it?
I was super excited for windows arm after being fed up with windows laptops for so long but prism still seems quite immature compared to Rosetta, game compatibility seems lack luster, and not being able to install drivers is kind of a deal breaker for me when it comes to music production and connecting audio interfaces. and game porting toolkit seems to be getting a better every couple months with hundreds of games running decently well. it may be time for me to pick up a used MacBook pro with m1 max. I hope Microsoft irons it out, pretty decent launch, but I would have been ok with waiting a bit longer for this to be a bit more polished the performance keeping up with apples arm chip is nice but I think more should have been done with the translation and x86 emulation. would make adoption for all users a bit more painless.
Can you use It to run a streaming set up???
The only thing i like about new laptops it’s the design. Seems like they finally can compete with Apple on design, build quality and trackpad size. However, Windows it’s getting in a direction i don’t like. The software was already clogged by bloatware and now we got even more intrusive features hiding behind “AI” thing, almost malware/spyware. Probably around 3000 processes in task manager and 8-10gb of RAM usage without anything opened. They should launch a “light” version of Windows just for the people that only use Chrome. We don’t need cloud, xbox stuff, office subscriptions, microsoft accounts, etc
I want the surface pro. But the base model is only 256GB, and they charge €250 to upgrade to 512GB!
right move forwards but locked bootloader or no safeboot disabling is a hard pass.. hopefully that will change
Asus is notorious to keep poor items inside how is the hinges this time? Seems very expensive too.
TOPs an MP are not at all similar but I'm also getting really tired of the limits of 12MP and while I'm sure most people won't be able to tell difference I wish we had at least a few options of phones with cameras binned to 20MP. The sensors are large enough to do that at this point.
Great video. New hardware seems to be great, especially with a fine tune by Windows drivers. However, I have some questions from developer's point of view which are:
Does the display have a dynamic refresh rate (like in modern phones, like LTPO displays, ...) according to what you're currently doing with device, forex: stand still, scrolling, typing, etc. If so, what's the minimum refresh rate?
Can you please test how virtual machines perform?
Can you install and check performance of VSCode, Android Studio, some browsers, everyday software like instant messengers, ...
Did you run x86 apps through the emulator given?
There’s no other way, is there?
I'm super curious how Linux will run on it!
I bought one because it doesn't run games well XD
My usecase is:
- Study
- Article writing
- Powerpoint / presentations
- Watching Formula 1
- Watch Twitch / movies.
I have a Desktop PC with a 7900XT graphics card, so gaming performance was not a dealbreaker for me - It was actually good to see.
Buying a laptop that doesn't run games well. That's one hell of a way to improve productivity.
@NopWorks it also improves my satisfaction with the laptop. If I were to get a 4090 laptop, as soon as it would arrive, I'd try it out. I would then be disappointed that it doesn't run games as well as my PC. The sound of the fans would also not make me happy.
I just jumped ship to Macbook pro 14 a month ago after going through some 5 windows laptops in the last few years, the problem isn't that there isn't a range of products it is the whole sync between hardware and software that is missing especially with Windows 11 trying shove apps down everyones throat.
3/4 of the windows line up has battery issues by month 6 and the other 1/4 have good battery but weigh too much. Also the bloatware is ridiculous with windows, especially with Asus and Hp.
I have been a life long user of windows (both personal and work, I work with data) which makes me question the snap dragon elite chips considering windows history with trail and error.
it's all sweet on paper but would like to see a long term review of this (considering an average user holds onto the same machine for a few years). Also not forgetting the price vs spec from surface devices.
I'll never buy a two hinge laptop again (prone to cracking). Always go for the full length versions
Does it support LINUX and is so is it debian/arch/fedora/other?
Currently, no. But just wait for driver updates.
@@akin242002after driver updates u think it will support ? And when will be the driver updates do you know anything ?
Tuxedo is building one currently
Tysm
How does it compare to MB running Win ARM ?
Buh-bye Intel!
Yeah. I’m actually getting quite anxious to hit “order” before full reviews actually drop 😂
Nah
Said no one
🤡
The intel ultra is better tho lol
Can it run any main Linux distros yet?
How does the battery life compare to M3 Air? Does anyone know any benchmarks or comparisons?
It would be nice to know if it is easy to install GNU/Linux
Can't you use it with windows 10?
Can we install 3rd party x86 drivers for peripherals etc on this?
Kalo untuk edit premierpro tanpa game sama sekali pilih Snapdargon X Elite (Adreno) aatauu Ultra7 155H (Intel Arc) gaaaesss??
Asus Vivobook S15 (SnapXe)
aatauu
Lenovo Yoga 7 14IMH9 3HID
I think for 1-2 years you still will be safe with x86 laptop (the Intel Arc one)
Premiere pro gak jalan di sd x elite, sekarang cuma bisa pake davinci resolve. Performa masih bagusan di meteor lake
Mending nunggu lunar lake aja kalau gak butuh banget laptop sekarang ahahhahaha
@@Cukong_kayu perkiraan berapa bulan lagi tu
@@jenius-77 deket akhir tahun mungkin masuk indo bang.
Mayan bang lunar lake total kisaran 120 TOPS buat AI, kepake banget pasti di premiere/adobe family.
Udah gitu pake memory on pakage mirip unified memory apple, mantap itu bang
@@jenius-77 Deket akhir tahun mungkin masuk indo.
Mayan bang lunar lake. Total sekitar 120 tops buat AI, kepake banget pasti di premiere/adobe family. Udah gitu pake memory on pakage mirip unified memory apel
That camera quality is sleek 😮
How much this laptop costs?
£1299
you didnt watch video
0:32 I WAS SCREAMING AT MY SCREEN
I like that the ROG Ally is on the side. Waiting for an Ally X review.
haha yeah but damn... it's on the wrong side :( it's hurting the joysticks
Why most reviews doesn't show performance on battery? That might be the biggest reason to buy these laptops
I do show it :) only multi core perf seems to be effected, but about 15%. Otherwise very similar perf on batt vs power
IMHO there should always be 2 charts. One on batteri and one plugged into power.
As much as i appreciate the ARM architecture, AI for productivity is 95% useless to me. Let alone for creativity (it's a dud).
cortana has been there since like 2017 and never used by pretty much anyone
i mean the closest usage would prob particle simulation for most users, which like for what, maybe live wallpaper
ah yes auto adjustment on editing/video playback would be neat
or maybe 3d processing on videos, would be cool, the idea is to make this ai cores working which smth i havent thought, or cant
Am having an issue on mine with the WiFi constantly dropping.....idk what is going on 😭😭😭
I have been waiting for a year for these Snapdragon laptops, but when Microsoft announced their RECALL spyware, I went out and got a MacBook Air. I'm done with Windows. The Recall feature is disabled for now to avoid hurting OEM sales. Recall is an attack vector no matter how Microsoft tries to sell it.
Impact on AMD??
Looks promising, the X Elite is just entering
Live caption is probably the only feature I am missing from Apple AI effort
Good to have a new processor on the market and it looks promising. Waiting for Linux support
Anyway to disable the ai screenshot feature?
Typc c chrging solution on many laptps still need serious revision, I don't know about that new machine.
I don't know why they're pushing AI when all of us just want a PC that can last all day without running hot
I was hoping for great battery life like the overhyped 20+ hours. Doesn't seem like it. 😐
is there a review embargo still for davinci resolve performancec?
It's in Beta right now. Probably waiting for the public launch
No one is talking about what i really want to hear - do these laptops generate heat when using, compared to macbooks? I can't use my Dell XPS 13 on my lap because it gets super hot (and it's not even overheating or anything like that). Compared to my macbook pro M2 MAX. To me, that's the deciding factor. The AI features will come with time as more devs get access to toolkits to use for their apps