The BIG Game Changer or Not? Snapdragon X Elite Review - ASUS Vivobook S 15 Review

This one with Snapdragon x elite with 32gb ram for 1000 euro or this one with i9 185h with 16gb ram for 1000 euro, what is the best buy?

Thanks for the detailed review. Were you able to run Linux on this laptop @Techtalets ? I am waiting to hear on that. It is important that most if not all devices run in linux.

Hi. Between this processor and core ultra 9, wich one do you think is better for web browsing and downloadings? Thanks, nice review like always. 👍

Did you set the processor performance to 100%? My understanding is that the default setting is 40%.

But it iss capable of running generative AI LLM models over 13B parameters on-device.

Because everyone outside of Mark Zuckerberg is running one of those on their laptop. 😂😂

Hello! Você recomenda este vivobook S15 para trabalhar com desenvolvimento de software?? Obrigado.

Touch screen??

Would you rather recommend this laptop or new ASUS Zenbook S 16 with AMD ai? I would use the laptop mostly for everyday use, business, programming, watching documentaries, photo design and video editing here and there and wouldn’t use it for videogames.

That’s great job Qualcomm 🎉 It’s as good as Apple M3 pro intel and amd x86 ard dead 😂

Great review! Can this laptop do virtualization like Windows Hyper-V for virtualizing x86 OSes?

Excellent reviews .

I have bought this laptop and wrtting now for it, but I'm not able to use the AI noise cancellation option!

Does this support avx? How do you turn it on?

Thank you for this awesome detailed review!! Would you recommend this laptop for engineering students (specifically computer engineering)? or basically software development?

tech tablets always detailed

Wow, the cam image quality is great! I will wait for the black or dark grey version.

Review 7x by Lenovo

Man this decade has been so nice for laptops - arm chips, OLED, 120hz, virtually all touchpads are really good with Windows precision, and keyboards are very decent nowadays as well.

I enjoyed your review. Its unfortunate that they aren't marketing a 32G version for memory. With no way to expand memory 16G is a no go for use with CAD and program development.

I am disappointed no 64gb version. I need it for work

Very interesting review. Thanks

i wish you tested davinci resolve instead adobe premier pro since there is beta version of resolve that supported by snapdragon x elite which would have showed what hardware is capable of in video editing

E-GPU pls, i begging u

I'm only interested on Linux on those machines.

Will check in a future! Kernel 6.11 seems to be the one for what Qualcomm claimed.

lets wait a month and see "non-brand" laptops performance

Go watch the Just Josh livestream video... Josh ran into problem after problem with the Snapdragon X Elite based laptops.

Sure it's a MacBook competitor. But you could get an underpowered MacBook Air for $900. Or an overpriced MacBook Pro for $1900. Neither of which can you ever upgrade.

ORRR, you could get an Asus Zenbook Pro 14. Right now you can get one for $750 with a Core Ultra 7 155H, 16GB RAM, 1 TB SSD. And you won't have any of the compatibility issues on the Snapdragon.

Did you try an egpu?

Hi, are you able to enable charging limiter up to 80% level in myasus app?

What if this AI can give u a background with whatever we want. Without putting a green screen. Would be cool right.

Really deluding chip. Ryzen AI chips will hit the market in 3 weeks. And they have stellar performance per watt, according to OEM and some chinese manufactures' benchmark leaked

nice ram usage.
the hardware paired with one of the worst os seen, windows 11. The OS will kill most of the laptops as most of these laptops will have 16gb ram .

as AI features unwind in real use they pretty much suck, only translate language is good for now

Im not crazy about these new chips, waiting for M4 in laptops.

Am having an issue on mine with the WiFi constantly dropping.....idk what is going on 😭😭😭

Unreal Engine and compiling for x86?

does it have a fingerprint sensor?

It would be nice to know if it is easy to install GNU/Linux

How's the fan noise?

Efficient chips? Fish and chips 🤤

Thanks for the in-depth review

excellent review, thanks.

Are you allowed to tinker a bit? maybe add a thermal pad on the SSD yourself and confirm?

Great review, can´t wait for Linux laptops running on ARM without the spy-copilot BS

So.... 2 fans. Max 45W load. Barely-competitive performance. Useless AI.
Maybe the lower voltages of this mobile chip are better calibrated than desktop knockoffs, but it seems like there's no magic in ARM - performance per watt is the same or worse.

Personally - I don't mind the emulation. I don't mind Windows Mobile or whatever. In fact, I've been waiting for it. And what I really need - is some basic X\non-elite in an affordable windows tablet below 300$. Intel could pull it off some SIX years ago with their Atoms. On 14nm. AMD never bothered, they always had volume problems in every department.
So that's what Qualcomm and Microsoft could have done - take over the sub-500$ market. Because, frankly, 500-1000$ is no longer laptop zone - you just buy a handheld console with a top APU and Windows. Easy.

But alas, this isn't for the consumers. It's for profit.

It is very pity you have not compared captions. Of course YT has translation into many many languages, much more then Copilot but accuracy would be interesting.

Looks like battery efficiency is like 30% better, I would say this is 1-2 architecture of a head of Intel and AMD.
Lets see how Intel and AMD will answer

Nice review, as always.
I'll try this chipset in the future when the processor get more support.

Even samsung's SSDs are thermal throttling.... samsung should stop wasting sand