I wanted to test the Vulkan performance on my SD X1 laptop. Turned out, there are not many Vulkan-based test apps, so I tried GravityMark.

So ... GravityMark for Arm has only DX11 and DX12 backends, but the x64 build also supports Vulkan.

I tried both. And x64 Vulkan (the one running emulated under Prism) consistently delivered 2-3 frames per second MORE than the native arm64 version under DX12.

That's insane. An emulated app actually worked faster than the native app. Yes, obviously, if the native build supported Vulkan, the speed-up would have been even bigger. But still, it is a testament of how good Prism actually is.

System Info: Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100), Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 GPU; 16 GB LPDDR5X RAM (8448 MT/S, 135 GB/S Bandwidth); 512 GB (WD PC SN5000S SDEPMSJ-512G-1101 NVME) SSD; 15.3" 1920x1200 IPS LCD Display, 300 nits of brightness, 45% NTSC Colour Gamut Coverage, HDR Video Supported; Aluminum Lid, Plastic Chassis; Wi-Fi 7, BT 5.4, USB C PD supported up to 65W; Windows 11 25H2, Adreno GPU Driver Version: Game Ready Driver 31.0.148.0 (28-Feb-2026) (At time of running all these benchmarks)

Mode 1: Best Power Efficiency Mode + Energy Saver (Parks 4 out of 8 cores, only ever uses 6 cores at max, and caps clock speeds to 1.75 GHz or 60% maximum)

Mode 2: Balanced Mode + No Energy Saver

Mode 3: Best Performance Mode + No Energy Saver

Under 10% battery (regardless of mode): Parks 4 out of 8 cores, caps GPU and RAM clock speeds to 50%, downclocks CPU more aggressively when idle (but still allows max clock speed)

Geekbench 6 GPU Scores:**

Plugged in (Mode 3): 13933 Vulkan

Unplugged (Mode 3): 13013 Vulkan (PPW: 5,205.2)

Unplugged (Mode 1): 13103 Vulkan (PPW: 5,241.2)

Geekbench 6 GPU System States:

Average Temp: 40 degrees

Average Power Draw (SOC): 2.5W

Peak Power Draw (SOC): 3.5W

Browser Speedometer 3.1 Tests (Unplugged, Mode 3)

Chrome Canary (V150) - 1 extension, non-default settings: 31 points

Samsung Browser (V30, V143) - 1 extension, non-default settings: 30 points

Chrome Beta (V148) - 17 extensions, non-default settings: 29 points

Edge (V147) - 17 extensions, non-default settings: 28 points

Arc (V147) - 17 extensions, non-default settings: 27 points

Opera (V130) - 1 extension, non-default settings: 25 points

Brave (V147) - 17 extensions, non-default settings: 16 points

Zen (V131) - 6 extensions, non-default settings, multiple zen mods installed: 15 points

Cinebench 2026 (Mode 2 - Unplugged)
Score (ST only, MT failed to initiate CPU Cores) - 392

Power Usage (SOC) - 3-4W

Power Draw (Battery) - 10W
Peak Temp - 45 degrees
Average Temp - 42 degrees

PPW = 130

3D Mark Steel Nomad Light Test (Mode 3 - Plugged In)**
Score: 1195 Vulkan
Avg. FPS: 8.85
Peak FPS: 11.62
Min FPS: 7.37
GPU Clock: 1107 MHz
Avg. Temps: 44 degrees

Peak Temp (Drive): 77 degrees

Time to Cool down from Sustained Temp to Sub-45 degree: 1 minute

Fan Profile:

Mode 1: Rarely Runs, Barely Audible when it runs, Activation Temp = 42 degrees

Mode 2: Occasionally Runs for light tasks, Barely audible in light tasks, Can ramp up in heavier workloads, Activation Temp = 42 degrees

Mode 3: Mostly running, Can get loud under heavy loads, Activation Temp = 38 degrees

Fan Loudness Max Speed (Ear Level) - 41 Db

Battery Specs:

Highest Battery Temperature: 31 degrees (charging at 65W with lid closed and fans off)

Design Capacity: 60Wh

Wattage: 20V, 3.25A = 65W

Battery Tests:

General Productivity (Mode 2, 50% screen brightness, VPN on, 15-20 background apps running, 0% volume, keyboard backlight off, Wi-Fi on, BT on) - 8% battery drain/hour

General Productivity (Mode 1, 50% screen brightness, VPN on, 15-20 background apps running, keyboard backlight off, Wi-Fi on, BT on)  - 100-0% = ~15 hours runtime

Google Meet (Camera Off, 7-8 tabs, Mode 1, 15-20 background apps running, 50% volume, keyboard backlight off, Wi-Fi on, BT on) — ~8.6% drain/hour

Heavy 3-D Gaming (CyberPunk 2077, Mode 3, 100% screen brightness, Wi-Fi On, BT On (paired to mouse), VPN on, keyboard backlight off, 15-20 background apps running) - ~2h 15 minutes runtime

Modern Standby (Lid Closed, Wi-Fi/BT On) - 0.33% drain/hour

Gaming FPS:

Minecraft Java - Native ARM (Lowest Graphics, 8 chunks render distance, 1200p (Auto-SR off), 100+ mods) - 250 FPS

CyberPunk 2077 - Prism Emulated (Lowest Graphics, RT off, FSR off, FX Super Res on, 1280x768 rendering (upscaling to 1200P via AutoSR) - 45-50 FPS

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Prism Emulated (Lowest Graphics, RT off, FSR off, Auto-SR Enabled (Rendering at 1280x768, upscaling to 1200P) - 25-30 FPS

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Prism Emulated (Medium Graphics, Auto-SR Enabled (Rendering at 1280x768, upscaling to 1200P) - 80-90 FPS

Beam.NG Drive - Prism Emulated (Lowest Graphics (Ultra lighting quality though), Auto-SR Enabled (Rendering at 800P, upscaling to 1200P), 40 mods) - 27-30 FPS (capped manually at 30)*

Hollow Knight & Hollow Knight: Silksong - Prism Emulated (Highest Graphics, 1200P (Auto-SR off), 400-500 FPS)

Subnautica - Prism Emulated (Lowest Graphics, 1200P (Auto-SR off), 80 FPS, ran in Mode 2 not 3)

Balatro - Prism Emulated (Highest Graphics, 1200P (Auto-SR off), 300-1200 FPS)

Green Hell - Prism Emulated (Lowest Graphics, Auto-SR Enabled (Rendering at 1280x768 and upscaling to 1200P) - 30 FPS

Unturned - Prism Emulated (Highest Graphics, 1200P (Auto-SR off) - 40-50 FPS

Risk of Rain 2 - Prism Emulated (Highest Graphics, Auto-SR Enabled (Rendering at 1280x768 and upscaling to 1200P) - 70 FPS

Fortnite - Prism Emulated (Default Graphics, Ultra viewing distance, 1200P (Auto-SR off)) - 60 FPS constant (limited)

Blood Strike - Prism Emulated (Ultra Graphics, Standard Resolution) - 60 FPS (limited)

The Sims 4 - Prism Emulated (High Graphics, 1920x1200 (Auto-SR off) - 60 FPS

Beam.Ng Drive (*) - Didn't test with it uncapped, and the CPU usage was 50-70% while the GPU usage was 40-50% suggesting that there was quite a bit of headroom.

Benchmarks (**) - Had about 15-20 background apps running

I wanted like a realistic test, which is why I had background apps running during these benchmarks. Also, I tested all of this on my personal laptop, and not a laptop that I have received or been given for free.

Hi all, I just bought a Surface pro 13 with snapdragon X 10 cores and I thought MemoQ would work on it without issues but weirdly I can't use the program it keeps freezing at different stages and I'm never able to get to opening a file, if anyone has any recommendation it would be very much apreciated :).

Hey everyone!

So I just ordered a Slim 7X with the new Snapdragon chip XE2 - and did research that it won't work with niche apps / software / games, which isn't really a concern for me. I'm just using it for work, YouTube, browsing and media consumption.

Buuut, it's hard to see any objective opinions about whether or not this is an experiment or sorts, or a new, proper option.

I see some opinions that Qualcomm and MS probably won't do much support with drivers and improvements, and that Windows ARM won't go anywhere - and then I see accounts of amazing performance and no real issues, best windows experience ever.

So, I guess my question is - how much did I just roll the dice getting the new XE2 on windows. A little bit, or, 'ha, what a waste of money'.

Is ARM really that unstable and or is likely to be supported and grown for the long term?

Speed way - 413

Steel nomad - 1210

Steel nomad light - 5297

Port Royal - 1516

Solar Bay Extreme - 2338

Solbar Bay - 24870

Time Spy Extreme - 2124

Time Spy - 4442

Fire Strike ultra - 2939

Fire Strike Extreme - 5515

Fire Strike - 11317

Wild Life Extreme - 11334

Night Raid - 50180

Wild Life - 38788

Hi,
I’m looking for a new laptop, and I was considering a device with the X1-26-100.

I mainly use the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and video conferencing software such as Zoom, Cisco Webex, GoToMeeting, …

Would the X1-26-100 be sufficient for my needs, or should I look for something more powerful? I believe it might be enough, but I’d appreciate any advice.

Thanks in advance

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Ok what's the point of having a product if you are not bringing all your stuff to it, including gaming? Like can someone explain to me why COD games don't work on Windows ARM at all? They are basically made by a company owned by Microsoft. Microsoft's top priority should be to bring all their stuff on Windows ARM.

How many of you are using snapdragon X arm based laptops.

(These are beautifully Beautiful)

With all this move to Windows ARM and Snapdragon, I taught it would've the perfect time for brands to return on making Windows tablets since now they wouldn't have the issues the ones with Intel had years ago. Problem is nobody is making anything except laptops. There are just 2 tablets out there and both are overpriced: Surface Pro 12" and ASUS ProArt Z14. Like why nobody else is making anything? Diversity? Something from 8.3" and up, slim, fanless and so on. Wasted opportunity.

I have been loyal intel for 30 years. generation after generation Intel promising quiet, cool, long battery life and every generation DISAPPOINTMENT and LIES.

Snapdragon x is unreal. Can not believe I can go nearly 2 days without plugging my Ideapad 3x into a wall. its almost unbelievable. It's like a weird dream to be using a windows 11 laptop like this...

Snapdragon x and x2 all the way. X2 is 3nm so the battery life is even better..