It has been almost two and a half years since the launch of Snapdragon X Elite in 2024. As Microsoft has made the Prism emulator more and more powerful, Qualcomm has also launched a more complete Snapdragon Recently, foreign media reported an interesting case. A Reddit netizen claimed to have used Intel for 30 years. It is not an exaggeration to describe him as a die-hard user. However, after he recently bought a Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3X, he immediately became a fan. The reason is not the performance score, but the battery life of this machine is very good.
A die-hard Intel gamer who has been using Intel for 30 years is a fan of Snapdragon laptops: the battery life has been directly extended to nearly two days
according toForeign media Wccftech reported, a Reddit netizen YellowJoe shared on the SanpdragonLaptops board a few days ago that he has been a loyal user of Intel in the past and believes that Intel will bring real and obvious generational progress, such as: quieter operation, better efficiency, and longer battery life. However, after 30 years of use, most Intel processors are still somewhat insufficient in terms of efficiency, which in turn leads to unsatisfactory laptop battery life. Finally, he decided to switch to laptops from competitor Qualcomm. He also excitedly shared that the newly purchased Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3X laptop can provide nearly 2 days of battery life.
Snapdragon X 真的太誇張了。我不敢相信自己的 IdeaPad 3X 幾乎可以撐快 2 天不用插電，這真的有點難以置信。能用到這樣的 Windows 11 筆電，感覺就像一場奇怪的夢……
He attached a screenshot of the battery estimate of Windows 11. At that time, the battery was 73% remaining, and the system was estimated to have more than 16 hours of use:
He did not specify which processor this Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3X uses, but after checking Lenovo’s official website, it can be found that this one uses the older generation 8-core Snapdragon X instead of the newer Snapdragon X2 Plus.
Ideapad 3x unreal battery life
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according to Tom’s Guide According to the actual test report, the same IdeaPad Slim 3X ran a video playback endurance test and got 16 hours and 29 minutes, which is nearly twice as long as an Intel laptop at the same price. The comment given by Tom’s Guide at the time was “Super endurance, never been so user-friendly.” YellowJoe has specially optimized battery life, including removing a large number of unnecessary applications pre-installed in Windows 11, turning off Bluetooth and OneDrive, etc., thereby extending the use time to more than 24 hours:
Image source: Tom’s Guide
The reason why this machine saves so much power has to do with the screen. The IdeaPad Slim 3X is equipped with a 1,920 x 1,200 resolution IPS LCD, which saves much more power than the Samsung Galaxy Book series, which also uses Snapdragon but is equipped with a 2,880 x 1,600 OLED.
But having said that, Intel is not completely incompetent.PCWorld actual test shows, the latest generation Core Ultra 300 series (Panther Lake) has been much improved in terms of energy efficiency than the previous generation. The Asus Zenbook Duo with a large 99Wh battery can run for 16.5 hours in the video streaming test, which is longer than the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Asus Zenbook A16 (13 hours and 4 minutes).
Source: KOCPC Chinese