Qualcomm Accused of Faking Benchmarks for Its Snapdragon X Elite and Plus SoCs

Qualcomm has been generating a lot of hype for its upcoming Snapdragon X Elite and Plus CPUs for Windows. As the first competitive Arm-based processors for Windows, the chip giant's forthcoming CPUs promise to deliver the same power and efficiency that Apple has become famous for with its M-series SoCs to Windows users. However, according to a muckraking analyst, Qualcomm is not honest with its performance numbers, a claim that Qualcomm now says is false.

The site Semiaccurate published the bombshell piece about Qualcomm's Snapdragon SoCs yesterday, igniting a firestorm of controversy and speculation throughout the tech world. The heart of the controversy is performance claims made by Qualcomm for its X Elite and X Plus SoCs, the latter of which was announced yesterday. Both SoCs are claimed to offer far superior performance to every other mobile CPU, and the benchmarks provided to the media so far have ...