The Snapdragon X Elite, a new ARM SoC that maker Qualcomm says is the most powerful processor that it has ever created for the PC—so much so that it’s set to revolutionize the platform completely—is capable of delivering up to 14 hours of battery life, although gaming performance, as expected, falls a bit short, with the chip only capable of delivering frame rates of around 26 FPS for popular titles that include Cyberpunk 2077, according to some of the first reviews that surfaced today for the ASUS VivoBook S 15, one of the first Copilot+ PCs. One review noted that the new 15-inch MacBook Air, which Apple launched in March with the M3 chip, offers 40% better battery life on average.
The ASUS VivoBook S 15 is advertised as having:
- “Incredible AI power: Snapdragon X Elite is world’s fastest laptop NPU with 45 Neural TOPS, for the latest Windows AI tools and with exclusive ASUS AI apps”
- “Incredible portability: 14.7 mm thin, from 1.42 kg1 light; 70 Wh battery for up to 18 hours battery life2; fast charging and USB-C Easy Charge technology”
- “Incredible connectivity: 2 x full-function USB4, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, HDMI 2.1, MicroSD card, Audio combo jack; up to 5.8 Gbps WiFi 7 speeds”
- “Incredible audiovisuals: Immersive 15.6″ 3K 120 Hz ASUS Lumina OLED display; 89% screen-to-body ratio; Harmon Kardon Dolby Atmos audio system”
Some benchmarks:
Battery life comparison:
A closer look from some content creators:
From a report (machine translation):
The 70 Wh battery enables good battery life, but the high expectations that were raised beforehand are not met. At a brightness of 150 cd/m² (corresponds to 67% of the maximum SDR brightness), our WLAN test runs for 13 hours (60 Hz) or almost 11 hours at 120 Hz. At full SDR brightness, it is then just over 7.5 hours at 60 Hz or 6.5 hours at 120 Hz. Video playback at 150 cd/m² is possible for more than 14.5 hours. As I said, these are good values, but no records are broken here and the MacBook Air 15 performs significantly better. The Windows competition is also better in some cases (RedmiBook Pro) or at a comparable level (IdeaPad Pro 16), although it must be said that larger batteries are required for this.