Yesterday, we brought to light a trademark application pertaining to a new Samsung device called the Book 4 Edge. We thought about it for a bit and guessed that the Book 4 Edge might be Samsung's first Windows 11 on ARM laptop. Now, an online benchmark is lending weight to our prediction.
The Galaxy Book 4 Edge by Samsung popped up in the online benchmark Geekbench earlier today (via Windows Latest). The laptop runs Windows 11 Home (64-bit) and is powered by the Snapdragon X Elite CPU and 16GB of RAM.
Qualcomm previously said it is looking for partners for its new Snapdragon X Elite chip, and this benchmark, if legitimate, confirms that Samsung is on the list.
Conversely, this benchmark also seems to indicate that Samsung is not yet ready to create its own Exynos ARM-based chip for laptops. And that's probably a good thing at the moment, seeing how the company is busy proving that it sorted out Exynos for mobile phones.
Plenty of power for Windows on ARM devices
Synthetic benchmark scores for the Galaxy Book 4 Edge laptop powered by the Snapdragon X Elite chip look promising. The laptop scored 2,706 points in single-core and 12,646 points in multi-core tests in Geekbench 6.2.2.
Comparing these scores to Apple's M1, M2, and M3 chips, it looks like the Snapdragon X Elite beats the first two but is outperformed by the M3. Apple M Pro chips excluded.
Of course, in practice, the M and Snapdragon X Elite chips run in very different environments, i.e., MacOS and Windows 11 on ARM, which means these benchmark figures might not necessarily say which chip performs better in the real world. Apple has optimized its M chips for MacOS very well, and it remains to be seen if we can say the same about the Snapdragon X Elite and Windows 11 on ARM.
Interestingly, recent rumors say Qualcomm's new chip will also power the upcoming Microsoft Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 tablet PC. Samsung's Galaxy Book 4 Edge will inevitably compete with Microsoft's Surface line, but whether this Book 4 Edge is a regular notebook, a 2-in-1 with a 360-degree hinge, or a tablet PC with a detachable keyboard is to be determined.
