Fastest X Elite Laptop vs 15" MacBook Air: There's NO Way..
Summary
TLDRThis video compares the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 8cx Gen 3 SoC in the Galaxy Book4 Edge against Apple's M3 MacBook Air. The test covers design, ports, displays, keyboards, trackpads, SSDs, performance, and battery life. The Galaxy Book4 Edge, despite having a larger chassis, offers a superior display with a 120Hz refresh rate and adaptive refresh rate, outperforming the MacBook Air in terms of display quality. However, the MacBook Air's speakers and trackpad are superior. The X Elite chip delivers strong multicore performance and battery life, making it a compelling choice for a thin and light Windows laptop, especially considering its lower price point compared to the MacBook Air.
Takeaways
- 📱 The Samsung Galaxy Book Edge with Snapdragon X Elite outperforms the MacBook Air in terms of display quality, especially with its Super AMOLED screen.
- 🔋 The MacBook Air has a larger battery capacity, but the Galaxy Book Edge with Snapdragon X Elite shows impressive battery life despite its smaller size.
- 💻 The MacBook Air is thinner and lighter than the Galaxy Book Edge, but the latter offers more port options including HDMI, micro SD card slot, and USB-A.
- 🎵 The MacBook Air's speakers deliver a richer sound experience compared to the Galaxy Book Edge.
- 🖥 The MacBook Air's trackpad is preferred over the Galaxy Book Edge's, which has a less favored 'diving board' design.
- 🏎 In multicore performance tests like Cinebench, the Galaxy Book Edge with Snapdragon X Elite is significantly faster than the MacBook Air with M3 chip.
- 🌐 The MacBook Air shows superior web browsing performance in tests like Speedometer 3.0 and web design performance in Figma.
- 🎮 For gaming, the MacBook Air with M3 chip outperforms the Galaxy Book Edge, which is not recommended for gaming due to its weaker GPU.
- 🖼️ The Galaxy Book Edge with Snapdragon X Elite handles native ARM64 applications like Lightroom very well, even without GPU acceleration.
- 💰 The Galaxy Book Edge offers better value for money with its high-end specs like 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD at a lower price point compared to the MacBook Air.
Q & A
Which laptop is being compared against the MacBook Air in the video?
-The video compares the MacBook Air with the Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge with the Snapdragon X Elite processor.
What is the display refresh rate of the Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge?
-The Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge has a 120 Hz display with an adaptive refresh rate that goes down to 48 Hz.
How does the Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge's display compare to the MacBook Air in terms of brightness?
-The Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge's display is described as 'mind blowingly good' with Super AMOLED technology, and it appears to look brighter even though its nit rating is lower than the MacBook Air's 500 nit display.
What is the battery capacity difference between the MacBook Air and the Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge?
-The MacBook Air has a battery that is 19% larger in terms of watt-hours compared to the Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge.
How much more expensive is the MacBook Air when specced similarly to the Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge with 1TB SSD and 16GB RAM?
-The MacBook Air is $150 more expensive when configured with the same specifications as the Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge with 1TB SSD and 16GB RAM.
What is the performance difference between the MacBook Air and the Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge in Geekbench 6's single-core test?
-The MacBook Air is 88.5% faster in Geekbench 6's single-core test compared to the Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge with the Snapdragon X Elite processor.
In the video, which laptop performs better in the multicore test of Geekbench 6?
-The Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge with the Snapdragon X Elite processor is 14.5% faster in the multicore test of Geekbench 6 compared to the MacBook Air.
What is the result of the battery life test after several hours of usage and testing in the video?
-After several hours of usage and testing, the Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge has 40% battery life remaining, while the MacBook Air has 48% remaining.
What is the conclusion of the video regarding the performance of the Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge with the Snapdragon X Elite processor?
-The video concludes that the Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge with the Snapdragon X Elite processor is impressive for snappiness, web browsing, and multicore CPU performance, especially in longer term tasks, but has a weak GPU and lacks ray tracing support.
What is the final verdict on the value for money offered by the Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge compared to the MacBook Air?
-The Samsung Galaxy Book for Edge is considered to offer better value for money due to its lower price point, despite having similar specifications such as 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD, and an 'insanely good' display.
Outlines
🔥 Comparison: Snapdragon X Elite vs M3 MacBook Air
The script introduces a comparison between the Galaxy Book for Edge with the Snapdragon X Elite processor and Apple's M3 MacBook Air. The focus is on design, ports, displays, keyboards, trackpads, SSDs, performance, and battery life. The Galaxy Book for Edge has a larger chassis but a smaller battery compared to the MacBook Air. The MacBook Air is priced $150 higher when similarly configured with 1TB SSD and 16GB RAM. The Galaxy Book for Edge features a 120Hz display with adaptive refresh rate and a 400-nit Super AMOLED display, which is superior to the MacBook Air's 500-nit LCD in terms of color vibrancy and minimal reflections. The MacBook Air, however, has a better port selection with MagSafe 3 and Thunderbolt support, while the Galaxy Book for Edge includes a micro SD card slot and a USB-A port. The script also mentions the MacBook Air's superior speaker quality and the Galaxy Book's less reflective display.
📊 Performance and Battery Life Showdown
The script details a battery life test with both laptops unplugged, noting that the MacBook Air has a 19% larger battery. The Galaxy Book for Edge is tested in best performance mode to ensure accurate performance measurement. The MacBook Air's performance is noted to be significantly slower without this mode enabled. The script also compares the laptops' SSD read and write speeds, with the Galaxy Book for Edge showing slightly faster read speeds and the MacBook Air faster write speeds. Geekbench 6 tests reveal the MacBook Air's M3 chip outperforms the X Elite in single-core tests but the X Elite performs better in multicore tests. The MacBook Air also shows faster results in Speedometer 3.0 and Chrome, but the Galaxy Book for Edge performs better in Figma and 3D Mark tests, albeit with noticeable fan noise.
🎨 Display and Design Evaluation
The script evaluates the Galaxy Book for Edge's display, praising its Super AMOLED quality, color vibrancy, and low reflectivity. It contrasts this with the MacBook Air's LCD panel, which appears gray and less vibrant in low light. The design of both laptops is compared, with the MacBook Air being thinner but the Galaxy Book for Edge having a larger footprint. Port options are discussed, with the Galaxy Book for Edge having a more diverse set including HDMI and a micro SD card slot. The script also touches on the weight difference, with the Galaxy Book for Edge being slightly heavier.
💻 Final Thoughts on Performance and Value
The script concludes with final thoughts on the performance and value of the Galaxy Book for Edge with the X Elite chip. It praises the laptop for its multicore performance, especially in long-term tasks, and its impressive battery life, despite the lack of ray tracing support and a weaker GPU. The script also notes the value for money, with the Galaxy Book for Edge offering 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD for $150 less than a similarly configured MacBook Air. The trackpad and speakers are criticized, but overall, the script is positive about the X Elite chip's impact on Windows laptops, suggesting it's a game-changer for thin and light laptops.
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Keywords
💡Snapdragon X Elite
💡MacBook Air
💡Battery Life
💡Display
💡Adaptive Refresh Rate
💡Ports
💡Speaker Test
💡Webcam and Microphone Test
💡Performance
💡Geekbench
💡Cinebench
Highlights
Snapdragon X Elite laptop compared against Apple's M3 MacBook Air.
Galaxy Book for Edge with Snapdragon X Elite 8cx Gen 3 SoC tested.
MacBook Air has a battery 19% larger in terms of watt-hours.
MacBook Air is $150 more expensive with similar specs.
Samsung's 120 Hz display with adaptive refresh rate is a significant advantage.
Samsung's Super AMOLED display provides superior color and contrast.
MacBook Air's speakers outperform Samsung's in audio quality.
MacBook Air's trackpad is preferred over Samsung's.
Samsung has more versatile ports including HDMI and a micro SD card slot.
Samsung is slightly heavier than the MacBook Air.
MacBook Air's CPU performance is superior in single-core tasks.
Samsung's multicore performance is 14.5% faster in Geekbench 6.
MacBook Air's Safari is 36% faster than Samsung's Edge in Speedometer 3.0.
MacBook Air finishes Figma project 13 seconds faster than Samsung.
MacBook Air's M3 chip achieves 46% more FPS in 3D Mark's gaming benchmark.
Samsung's X Elite chip is 64% faster in Cinebench 2024 multicore test.
Samsung fails to run GPU Benchmark in 2024 due to lack of support.
Samsung renders Blender project three times faster than MacBook Air.
MacBook Air's battery life is better by 8%.
Snapdragon X Elite offers great value for Windows laptops.
X Elite chip is praised for its performance in multicore tasks.
Transcripts
can the most powerful Snapdragon X Elite
laptop beat out Apple's M3 MacBook Air
well in this video we have the Galaxy
book for Edge with the absolute fastest
X Elite the 84 skew so we're going to be
testing everything including design
ports displays keyboards trackpads ssds
performance and yes battery life because
both of these are at 100% we're going to
unplug them right now and we are going
to see which one holds up better now
even though you can tell that the
chassis on the 16-in book for Edge is
larger than the 15-in MacBook a the
MacBook actually has a battery that's
19% bigger in terms of the wat hours and
right here you can see all of the specs
above and the big takeaway is that the
MacBook Air is actually $150 more
expensive if you spec it the same with 1
TB SSD and 16 gigs of RAM now for the
battery test I do have it in best
performance mode because if you don't
have it there it cuts down the
performance like crazy it's going to be
a lot slower than the Macbook so you
have to have it in best performance and
I do want to mention that this is a 120
HZ display so we are going to have it in
that mode because if you're buying it
you want to make the most out of it
which is a big Advantage compared to the
MacBook Air most people are just going
to leave it default and I do want to
mention that this has adaptive refresh
rate that goes down to 48 Hertz which is
actually a benefit over the 60 HZ
MacBook Air this is also a 400 nit
display compared to 500 so that's an
additional benefit in terms of battery
life and speaking of the displays the
one on the Samsung is mind blowingly
good it's their Super AMOLED and as you
can tell everything just pops so much
more it actually looks brighter even
though the knit rating is lower than the
Macbook so that's kind of interesting
for HDR at least but the colors are
popping it looks amazing in terms of
reflection I almost feel like the
Samsung is less reflective than Apple's
MacBook Air which is crazy because
Apple's usually the best but it's on a
whole another level when you dim the
lights down you can see the massive
difference in the colors just popping
the brightness everything looks amazing
and the blacks are perfectly black
compared to the LCD panel of the MacBook
AAR which looks super gray terrible when
the lights are off so in terms of the
display Samsung wins out by far
especially with the 120 HZ and
everything else now in terms of the
design they both have a really nice
aluminum metal chassis you can see once
again the footprint is quite a bit
bigger on the book for Edge in terms of
the thickness the MacBook Air is
definitely thinner here where the wedge
is at but on the other side they're
basically the same thickness now in
terms of the ports the MacBook has the
max sa 3 connector which I love love
because it's magnetic really convenient
now it also has two USBC ports which are
called USB 4 but they technically
support the Thunderbolt features like
daisy chaining on the other hand the
Samsung just has two USB 4 ports no
daisy chaining on those has HDMI right
here on the other side they both have
the headphone jack and the Samsung comes
with the micro SD card slot and a USB a
so the Samsung wins in terms of the
ports and I do really like this thin
design that they did on the side and as
for the weight the Samsung is a little
bit heavier 3.42 lb compared to 3.3 and
now of course we got to do our classic
speaker test so let's see which one is
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better we
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I don't know what you guys heard but to
me the MacBook Air destroyed the Samsung
this thing is all highes it just feels
so dull there's no Bas so the voice even
sounds just kind of empty whereas the
MacBook Air now has a six- speaker
system with two new Subs added to it so
it's so full and rich just destroys it
now let's do a quick webcam and
microphone test this is the webcam on
the galaxy book 4 Edge and then here we
have the webcam and the microphone on
the 15in M3 MacBook Air let me know
which one's better down below and the
last thing I want to do before I jump
into the performance is compare the
keyboards and the trackpads now to me I
really like these new magic keys on the
MacBooks they're very clicky compared to
the Samsung these kind of feel a little
bit more Buy to me but of course it's up
to what you prefer but the trackpads the
one of the MacBook is definitely the
winter it's a force touch trackpad so it
doesn't actually move at all it just has
a magnet that vibrates behind it whereas
the Samsung has that traditional diving
board design which honestly I can't
stand it I hate it it is junk I'm sorry
but it just is not good compared to
newer options like the Microsoft Surface
laptop 7 has an amazing trackpad that's
no longer a diving board design and now
jumping into performance I want to do a
quick battery live checkup and
surprisingly the Samsung's at
92% while the macbook's at 91 so somehow
the Samsung is winning wow excite chip
on basically standby doing well so far
I've Got Crystal disc Mark open right
here on the Samsung with the 1 TB SSD
this MacBook a actually has a 5 512 so
the right speed should be slower this is
technically the
$1,700 version of course it's $1,900 if
you get 1 tbte so it does become more
expensive if they're similarly speced so
let's run this it looks like the book
for Edge is about 250 MBT per second
faster in terms of the read speed but in
terms of the right the macbook's about
140 faster so they're really really
close and both fast enough and now let's
jump into geek bench 6 you can see both
of these have 16 GB of RAM we have the
Apple M3 on the right and we have the
best skew of the X Elite yes that's the
84 skew that clocks up to 4.2 GHz dual
core boost so this is the only laptop
that you can get the best chip in so
let's run the CPU test we have our
scores and look at that the MacBook has
over 3,000 points in single core so it's
88.5% faster than the book for Edge with
the exolite 84 skew but this Samsung is
quite a bit faster in terms of multicore
14.5% faster to be exact now keep in
mind this is on battery power with best
performance enabled you can see it right
here and of course this machine does get
quite a lot faster over
15,500 points if you plug it into power
but because the main selling point of
the X Elite chip is battery life I want
to test everything on battery power
because what's the point of buying one
of these xite laptops if you have to be
plugged in to get the full performance
so we're testing it like this but keep
in mind you can get more performance if
you plug in and now I want to test
speedometer 3.0 which is basically going
to test the performance of web browsing
snappiness and webbased apps as well and
by the way we have the optimized Safari
on the MacBook and we have Edge on the
book four Edge we got the scores 36.1
for the Mac 26.5 for the Samsung that's
36% faster for this MacBook Air let me
actually test Chrome on both as well and
it looks like with chrome The XLE is a
little bit faster 28.2 but the MacBook
also got faster
38.7 37% faster than the Samsung and now
let's test web design performance using
figma and this by the way is a project
provided to us by 500 designs the best
design studio in Cali and the first
thing I want to do is test out the
loading speed so I'm going to zoom in
right here see how long it takes I mean
look at that I mean it looks pretty dang
good to me nice and sharp let's do the
same thing on this guy right
here just like that I mean high quality
nice loaded up quickly and now let's go
ahead and Export 12 layers and see which
one finishes first and there you go they
finished and it looks like the MacBook
took a minute and 36 seconds while the
book for Edge with the X Elite took a
minute and 49 seconds so 13 seconds
longer but still both of them are very
quick and snappy and now let's do a
quick Graphics test this is 3D marks
steel Nomad light which is their newest
latest most modern gaming Benchmark that
takes advantage of this Modern Hardware
let's do the unlimited mode so this is
running and I just noticed something
very annoying on the
Samsung the fans are running loud and
I'm hearing this high pitched coil noise
do you guys hear
that that is extremely annoying so the
MacBook Air finished we have
25.1 FPS let's see what the book for
Edge gets the Samsung's done and it has
just over 17 FPS so it looks like the M3
chip has 46%
more FPS in this test which is a
realistic gaming Benchmark so the crazy
thing is I wouldn't even recommend the
M3 chip if you want to do gaming you got
to get at least the M3 Pro and
definitely the M3 max if you're serious
and this is quite a lot slower so this
is definitely not a gaming laptop it's
more a thin and light web browser and
maybe a little bit of CPU productivity
laptop and speaking of CPU performance
let's let's jump into cinebench
2024 to test the multicore performance
let's just start with a single run to
start and holy smokes the fan is going
insane on this laptop of course we have
no fans on the MacBook Air so it's not
going to be able to stay as cool and wow
guys I cannot believe this difference
the Samsung got
969 points compared to 500
92 on the 15in M3 MacBook Air that makes
this ex Elite 64% faster in this test
despite only being 14.5% faster in
geekbench 6's multicore test and that is
probably of course due to this MacBook
Air being fanless which is its biggest
downside in terms of long-term allout
100% CPU workloads now I really wanted
to test the GPU Benchmark Within
2024 but it looks like the X Elite
cannot run it because it I think doesn't
have rracing support so it can't even
run this test while the M3 does so let's
do blender here we have the party tug
project on both I have Cycles set on
both and I do want to mention that
blender is not native with the X Elite
chip right now so you can see it's an
x86 app which means it is going to be em
emulating and other reviewers have said
that the emulation loses about 10 to 15%
performance compared to Native and if I
go into the settings I want to mention
that the GPU acceleration is not working
because well I guess it's not native and
nothing's working so it might even be
defaulting to the CPU whereas the M3
Chip is going to be using the full metal
RT R tracing GPU acceleration let's see
what we can get in terms of performance
all right they're finished rendering in
holy smokes guys there's a huge
difference the book for Edge with the ex
Elite finished in 7 minutes and 35
seconds compared to 2 minutes and 37 on
the M3 MacBook a that's basically a
third of the time I can't believe it
three times faster that's probably due
to the ray tracing and the GPU
acceleration which is not working on
this machine and of course you have the
x86 emulation
and I did confirm that it's not using
GPU at all it's using the CPU but it was
limited to only 74% utilization for some
reason same with the ram it wasn't being
utilized so something is throttling this
machine and I'm not sure what it is but
with that said if you're doing something
like blender 3D rendering you probably
don't want to get the exolite for that
but now let's test something that is arm
64 native which is the regular version
of Lightroom right here on the Samsung
you can see arm 64 so what I have right
here is 50 42 megapixel images set up on
both of these so let's test out the
snappiness and how quickly it loads up
before we export them all right let's
click right and it looks
like both of them are loading pretty
quickly nice and quick on the Samsung
keeping up very very well the only
downside is I can hear the fans already
we got the same output settings on both
jpeg small 90% we have screen output
sharpening set to standard everything's
the same let's go ahead and Export and
wow I was not expecting this even
without GPU acceleration the book for
Edge finished in a minute and 16 seconds
compared to a minute and 42 on the M3
MacBook Air so that this actually very
very fast this CPU is working so well
and just in case you're curious I have a
Lightroom classic right here which is
going to be emulated an x86 app with the
X Elite so we can see how much
performance you lose if it's not native
I'm going to change the settings to
exactly what we had in the native
version we have quality 90 we have
sharpen screen standard on both let's
see what we get and look at that the
funny thing is that the scores actually
switched a little bit the M3 now took a
minute and 18 seconds so it got a
performance boost in Lightroom classic
while the X Elite slowed down to a
minute and 31 seconds which is honestly
still very fast and impressive even with
emulating x86 so I'd say it still works
just fine in emulation woo all right
guys that was a bunch of performance
testing so with all of that said it's
time to do the final battery life test
before I jump into my conclusion and my
thoughts let's look at the X Elite book
for Edge what do we have
40% battery life remaining wow that's
pretty good for all that testing it's
been a few hours of me filming this and
on the Mac
48% so the M3 15-inch MacBook Air is
definitely better in terms of battery
life keep in mind it does have a larger
battery by about 19 1 12% so that's
quite interesting now I do want to say
that this is extremely impressive for
the X Elite especially considering the
really really good
multicore performance because if this
was an Intel x86 machine this would have
already been so low that I would have
had to plug it in it literally would
have died after all this performance
testing so I've got to say I am shocked
and so glad that we finally have a good
Arm based chip in a Windows laptop with
the ex Elite overall for snappiness web
browsing multicore CPU performance
especially in longer term tasks like
cinebench this thing is killing it
absolutely amazing laptop right here
with the X Elite chip the only downside
is first of all you have the lack of Ray
tracing that's a downside for people who
care about that and the GPU is extremely
underwhelming it is very very weak it's
slower than the one in the M3 and I
wouldn't even recommend Mac people to
get the M3 for gaming or for rendering
or anything else we recommend the M3 Pro
M3 Max so if you don't care about
Graphics this is literally a GameChanger
Windows laptop people out there you've
got to get yourself one of these because
it is absolutely amazing for a thin and
light laptop I am so impressed and while
there are some things that I don't like
about this laptop like the trackpad
which sucks the speakers aren't great in
terms of the value you get with the
specs I mean 16 gigs of RAM 1 TB SSD the
insanely good display for $150 less than
a similarly speced 15-in M3 MacBook Air
I can say that finally Windows laptops
are amazing again especially in terms of
value thanks to the X Elite chip Bravo
qualcom I am so impressed by this so
with that said hopefully you guys
enjoyed this video let me know your
thoughts on this test down in the
comment section below by the way we are
going to be testing the M3 Pro chip I
know a lot of you guys are complaining
that we're doing the M3 versus the ex
Elite yes we will do the M3 Pro so click
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see you in the next video
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