Microsoft is using the Adreno 685 GPU, a 2TFLOP part, while the original 8CX comes with Adreno 6.5 GFLOPs of potential performance. The low power cluster of four CPU cores runs at 1.8Ghz in both cases. It is powered by the Kryo 495 CPU, with four cores clocked at 3GHz (the 8CX variant runs at 2.84 GHz).
Today, you can get twice the performance from a GPU integrated into a mobile SoC, which sounds impressive.Ĭompared to Qualcomm 8CX, Microsoft’s SQ1 SoC features higher clocks on both the CPU and GPU. To put this into perspective, the first discrete GPU to boast teraflop performance was AMD’s Radeon HD4850, a high-end product launched 11 years ago. The SQ1 is marketed as a custom SoC designed by Qualcomm, backed by a two teraflop Adreno GPU. What we call Qualcomm 8CX, Microsoft’s marketing department refers to as the Microsoft SQ1 processor. The new Surface Pro X is thinnest and lightest surface 2-in-1 powered by Qualcomm’s 8CX processor. Microsoft has released an Intel-based Surface Pro 7 and even and AMD-based Surface laptop, as the company wants to be CPU- and platform-agnostic.
Surface Pro X shows Microsoft’s commitment to both software and hardware, and it finally makes more sense why the software giant invested heavily to make its Windows 10 operating system ARM-compatible. Devices with these CPUs may not be manufactured with Windows 11 pre-installed and may only be upgraded to Windows 11 by a customer.Nailing the Surface X Pro deal is a big step for Qualcomm’s Always Connected PC (ACPC) initiative. New Windows 11 devices must use modern device drivers which have passed the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program for Windows 11 or the latest available modern device drivers based on Declarative, Componentized, Hardware Support Apps (DCH) design principles. OEMs may use the following CPUs for new Windows 11 devices. Updates to the processor lists will occur at each subsequent general availability of Windows.
It is expected that the processor list will not reflect the most current offerings from processor manufacturers between updates. Subsequently released and future generations of processors which meet the same principles will be considered as supported, even if not explicitly listed. These processors meet the design principles around security, reliability, and the minimum system requirements for Windows 11. The processors listed represent the processor models which meet the minimum floor for the supported processor generations and up through the latest processors at the time of publication.
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