How long can they last? | ULTIMATE BATTERY TEST

Snapdragon X Elite laptop battery test vs their Intel versions vs MacBooks.
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#Windows #SnapdragonXElite #ARMProcessors

[@saiphaneeshk.h.5482]

Man all these must have cost an ARM or 2.

[@therealnotanerd_account2]

I believe it was 4

[@lakshitgupta3025]

nice pun

[@ndyabagyehenry]

Ha , Elite joke 😉

[@andrewwood6529]

Ohhh nice one

[@michael_thq]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Blazercraft100]

Just want to say I'm a recent subscriber and your coverage of these laptops have been top notch. All other reviews I watched left me feeling unsatisfied they did not feel empirical like yours do. In addition your perspective of a developer helps a lot as I too am a developer

[@dotTomT]

Agreed on Alex's very good coverage of these new devices.

[@gabrielcarbray3921]

Same

[@MadafakinRio]

true, really good videos

[@HarisAzriel]

This is the best battery test I've ever seen on the internet. No more wishy-washy unrealistic tests by reviewers, but one that is scientific.

[@akin242002]

I always view it from 2 types of tests. A) How long can I binge watch Netflix on a flight ✈️. This shows the true max battery life. B) Battery life doing my routine use of my laptop. Not the max battery life, but abused battery life.

[@deliciouspops]

scientific? would we consider how much displays drain the battery. different sizes, different technologies, etc.

[@HarisAzriel]

@@deliciouspops I'm talking in relative here. At the very least Alex have tested the battery life of these laptops so much better than your average reviewers. So, what I meant by scientific is that his methodology and analysis are "more" scientific.

[@RomPereira]

Alex is kicking ass. He is no joke. If you can, become a member.

[@fakuridesne]

@@HarisAzriel agreed.

[@itsamemarkus]

This is how every review should be done. Thanks

[@AkashAgrawal03]

A couple of ways you can make the charts easier to consume: 1. For bar/charts like efficiency chart, it easier to parse if the bars are arranged in ascending or descending. That quickly lets people know the best, worst as well as where their particular interest ranks. 2. For other charts, the legend should be sorted according to value. So for units of work done, the sort the legend for units of work done. Same reason as above. Great video!

[@coolvinay]

Agree, those charts are hard to read especially the battery drain vs work done with the dots being almost similar colored and hopping all around, its very hard to map which laptop is which.

[@unclnis]

+1

[@omlanke3466]

It would also be great if the charts used colours. Something like Apple laptops having shades of red, Intel ones having blue shades, and Snapdragons with some other colour

[@Notnow22]

That settles it, I'm going for the X Plus. I've seen other videos where the X Plus not only is basically on par with the X Elite, but sometimes even outperforms it. And since it's been proven to be the more efficient chip, that's my top pick given that I am a fairly light user. Thanks for the great work, Alex!

[@matthiasschuster9505]

I think so as well.

[@matthiasschuster9505]

I think the biggest issue will be, to find laptops who will use it. I personally will not go without an OLED as an example.

[@shaneterrell]

I miss the slimmer and lighter form factor and OLED display on my previous Robo & Kala, but otherwise I am very happy I went with the base model Surface Pro with Snapdragon X Plus.

[@RomPereira]

@@matthiasschuster9505 Also only 16 GB versions... no 32.

[@rezaulkarim7703]

@@matthiasschuster9505 Lenovo has a new Yoga slim 7X that uses the X-Plus chip with an OLED display. The build quality is top notch, full metal body.

[@Jfx187]

Also note that the Surface Laptop 7 with X Plus is running at 120hz vs 60hz on the MacBook Air M3. Impressive!

[@flexairz]

Hz not hz

[@johngwheeler]

Getting capitalisation of units right *is* important though. Consider a disk with 500mb/s throughout compared to one with 500MB/s… That’s 500 milli-bits per second (1 milli-bit = 1/8000 of a byte per second) or 500 mega-bytes per second…. The second one would take 2 seconds to transfer a 1GB file….the first one would take 507 *years* 😂

[@cryspidey5315]

@@flexairz oh thank you for the correction. I thought he meant hoonga zoonga for a minute

[@Ghost_Pants11]

M3 pro has also 120

[@PradiptaGitaya]

@@flexairzNo differences, unlike MB/s and Mb/s

[@nathanfranck5822]

This is an AMAZING benchmark - congrats

[@jaycee9385]

It's an ARMazing benchmark.

[@nathanfranck5822]

@@jaycee9385 These new chips are far from ARMless

[@RomPereira]

"The Schwarzenegger Battery Endurance Test" - by Alex Ziskind (Toughest of Them All)

[@wolffweber7019]

Alex runs on coffee, not battery, so apples to oranges 😎

[@AdityaKumar2128]

6:21, 70 KWH Capacity😐, also the amount of effort it takes to create these types of videos is just mind blowing

[@AZisk]

ykwim

[@fidelisitor8953]

Could power my house a whole day with that 70KWh laptop battery 😂

[@andrewkuhne2586]

I think its 70kmah battery? 70KWA would drive a Tesla

[@sihamhamda47]

@@fidelisitor8953 Or spending a whole year using the laptop without ever charging it

[@einnotizblock2702]

@@andrewkuhne2586 70kmAh would be equivalent to 70Ah. Still way too much. He means 70Wh there.

[@ronaldvargo4113]

I am really enjoying my Surface Laptop 7 15". The all day battery is killer along instant off when closing the lid and almost zero battery drain while asleep. My workload is a bit different, but I do many code reviews and builds per day and spend a lot of time on Teams and Zoom calls and like you have Spotify playing music. I have seen a 20% left on the batter after 14 hours of use. Other reviewers out there either have a chip on their shoulder and they are out to discredit the new Windows on Arm devices, or they never read that gaming isn't the intended use case. Microsoft and Qualcomm has a winner with the Snapdragon X Plus and Elite chips.

[@mechwar]

Does it have the X elite or Plus?

[@ronaldvargo4113]

@@mechwar X1E-80-100 (elite) 12 Core 4 GHz boost

[@joshuaprecious]

4:42 The Full charge capacity is actually more that the design capacity on the report

[@Winnetou17]

Yeah, he didn't realize that.

[@aruncs3438]

yes

[@pratikparbat341]

@@joshuaprecious it’s very normal for that to happen; it’s just so that charge capacity should not be less than design capacity just so not to get any quality control issues or complaints, if it is less than that raises an obvious red flag.

[@jpross68]

Same on my Lenovo 7x slim. Design capacity 70000. Full charge 72030

[@germank7924]

maybe it's normal but the good Ser is not used to seeing this, which is how he ended up reading out the opposite of what he was seeing

[@JoshMiller3]

Alex, your reviews have set a new standard. I'm officially only listening to your opinions over LTT and MKBHD

[@Executor009]

MKBHD is dropping the ball big time with snapdragons x, very few videos lately.

[@shiftto]

@@Executor009 not enough time, he has many other fields to review like cars recently

[@thripnixe]

​@@Executor009 im sure those apple fanboys doesn't have a windows device in 10 mile radius

[@cladadverse]

So refreshing to see that someone talks about laptops outside of benchmarks and loop video tests (always baseless tests).

[@likeapro1995]

This is gonna be sick, thank you for doing this for us! You're the best

[@AlmorTech]

Oh man, your content is more and more professional in any way! So amazing!

[@AZisk]

Glad you think so!

[@AlmorTech]

@@AZisk you know I’m enjoying your creativity, but last videos quality subjectively feels like an explosion for me. It’s 700k+ sub content! Please keep it up and enjoy the process 😊

[@LukeBarousse]

Alex, you're tempting me WAAAYYYY to much to convert from Mac

[@brandonw1604]

The Windows ARM laptops suck, people trying to actually do work on them are getting real issues.

[@Panmiszcz-lv4mk]

I think the next gen arm CPUs for windows are gonna be great

[@vickeythegamer7527]

Next gen should have effecency core like cortex 730 or x4 also better GPU with RTX hope they fix all software related issues before launching new series like intel and keep improving like intel 😊

[@PseudoProphet]

Wait one more generation. The first generation of everything is always shitty.

[@Rusty01]

@@brandonw1604 the issues people are getting are due to the software not yet being native to windows on arm not due to the laptops themselves, over time these issues will be solved when software becomes native. Apples M1 also had issues like this when it first launched so dont act like apple is perfect, nobody is. When the second generation of this chip is released we will also have greater advancements, competition is good. Respect to Apple, but just cause your a fanboy doesnt mean you should hate

[@MrK.youtube]

This is what we needed. Most practical benchmark for our use-case. Tested like a true developer!

[@MaxTechOfficial]

Awesome video! X Elite is killing it!

[@okman9684]

Hi Max

[@AZisk]

thank you!

[@cosmicreaverkassadin1143]

@@MaxTechOfficial no its not

[@migovas1483]

@@cosmicreaverkassadin1143 is pretty close if you consider cost and performance...

[@midorifox]

Yeah, it's killing the market with slop. Arm is a plague, if only you knew how bad things really were.

[@chetanhs123]

My man doing the real reviews out here on youtube thank you so much alex please keep doing the awesome work!!

[@karthikeyanparasuraman9337]

Thank you soooo much for the tests!!!

[@mangastas]

The Best review tests. You deserve to be subscribed 😊

[@karatedava]

very well done and well documented benchmark :)

[@lgabss187]

This is the best video about battery performance I have ever seen on KZbin. Thanks a lot!

[@chromefuture5561]

Thank you for this gorgeous review.I appreciate the time you spent on writing the test😊❤

[@harshamesta]

This is what I actually waiting for 😅.

[@Quraishy]

How did you run the test back in January when you just wrote the code now over the past 3 days as you mentioned?

[@TheBigBazzy]

Love it Alex. You clearly lean towards Macs yet you are not a fan boy. You give a proper real world tests of everything and have a good understanding of all systems. This type of coverage is refreshing.

[@PhanorColl]

finally, real tests, just amazing work. congrats. as a developer myself, love seeing this..

[@akyhne]

Nice and thorough. But did you set the displays to have the same brightness in nits?

[@Morok2]

Always a delight to check out your videos. It's on one side well explained, technical but also fun to watch, funny overall. Thank you for doing it man, we love you.

[@mahinahmed7320]

your reviews are the only ones that make sense

[@Locationary]

Literally doing gods work, Subbed, definitely coming to this channel next time I buy a laptop.

[@paulwoodward8265]

Great video. Thanks so much!

[@Nabeel-Ali-Raza]

great job sir .It is a hell of a battery test

[@charlesvandeweghe5002]

Really helpful video. Thanks for doing such a thoughtful and thorough job of measuring laptop efficiency.

[@samclark3879]

This has been my experience with my Surface Laptop 7 Plus. The battery life has been amazing!

[@el_manu_el_]

Amazing work, thank you Alex 🎉

[@lumilara13]

I didn't see any mention about screen brightness settings in the video. Were they all running with the same nits output?

[@TyronPowell]

Great setup and review!

[@AZisk]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lyndont]

Amazing tests!

[@prithvivp3623]

you nailed it man, It's too good. Your tests are so accurate.

[@ppasieka]

Wow, what an excellent and practical benchmark! I really appreciate how you've focused on simulating real-world daily usage for office and programming work. It's refreshing to see tests that actually reflect how most of us use our laptops, instead of unrealistic scenarios or artificial workflows. I found this much more insightful and relevant than some other channels' benchmarks (like Max Tech's). Your approach gives a much clearer picture of how these laptops would perform in day-to-day professional use. Great job on putting together such a comprehensive and realistic comparison. This video is definitely a valuable resource for anyone considering an ARM-based laptop for work or programming. Keep up the fantastic content!

[@RocketFever22]

This is a good lesson of how to do a good review. Much appreciated Alex!

[@jaironino6545]

Alex you are amazing dude, keep up the good work!

[@thefullbridgerectifier]

This was awesome, thanks Alex!

[@harshwardhan8771]

great battery tests i could say it definately represents real world usage keep making such videos !!! btw were the refresh rate of windows machines were set to 120 or 60 during the tests?

[@sinahoseini]

The Snapdragon X plus is the one to get! Great power usage to performance ratio and good pricing!

[@ruykava]

I just want to say thank you. This is the absolute best battery test I've ever seen in my life!

[@ivadollem]

Thanks for the great test. :D

[@jacklwipa1187]

9:42, Yep Alex is built different. I’m always excited to come see your amazing content.

[@sandervangolen7102]

Extremely useful and interesting test, thanks !

[@y2ukr87]

Real life tests, finally. Great job, Alex!

[@tstille]

Love the content Alex, thanks!

[@SarimAshrafi]

Wow Surface with X Plus wins. Did not expect that!

[@ricarmig]

The X plus is the most energy efficient all, because it is not designed to go all way up in the frequency where you need far more energy for a little extra performance. For most people it’s the best option.

[@Jfx187]

​@@ricarmigWild because the X Plus is actually faster than the M3 in multicore performance

[@ranjitmandal1612]

😨

[@ricarmig]

@@Jfx187 that for sure , but let’s not talk about graphics performance there the M3 is several times faster than the snapdragon

[@fredrickbambino]

@@ricarmig They made a good choice not trying to outperform in graphics because people aren’t buying those laptops to game. Battery is more important.

[@moneyisenergy]

Thank you for this nice video Alex

[@AZisk]

My pleasure!

[@Al.Mo.]

Amazing work thanks for this great insights

[@hajjex_9086]

And I wondered why you have not been uploading lately.... That's AWESOME Thanks for the video For the effort you made into developing code just to attain accurate results that suits YOU and your viewers. 👏 Mad respect

[@AZisk]

this one took some time

[@gironth]

Damn Alex, this took a lot of work and effort from your end, thanks and keep up!

[@karthikeyanparasuraman9337]

This is a crazyyyy test!! Amazinggg!!!

[@doser2775]

Amazing effort put into this video 🙌

[@lisovyy]

now that's an impressive breakdown, thanks mate

[@Wuerazal]

Such as great video dude, really apriciate it!

[@PratikChatse]

Amazing video as always, Love you man.

[@siamakarbatani]

Thanks, Alex!

[@dpodjasek]

That was a really fun way to visualize the benchmark. Nicely done!

[@AZisk]

Glad you liked it!

[@greatrespect1549]

Good work. Good efforts. Well done alex. Thanks.

[@Contredanse]

Thank you for doing this. I've been waiting for a detailed set of battery life tests for a while now. Every other review just gives a nebulous number of hours, exactly as you stated. Now I need to research the battery size and SOC of the Surface Pro 11 so I can correlate it to the data you have here. Might do the same for the Asus Proart Z13 as well. EDIT: SP11, SD X Plus, 46WHr battery. SL7, SD X Plus, 54WHrs. Basic math, SP11 is 85% of the capacity. Duration is likely 85% of 330 mins. So 281 mins, or 4 hours and 40 mins vs. 330 mins or 5 hours 30 mins. Not bad.

[@WirIez]

Thank you so much for this video!!

[@andrianridhariawan]

Great video, this is what i want to see, not just video test

[@AndreSilvaCardoso]

Just a question: I heard that SnapDragons were getting a drivers update (this week). Was this with test with that update?

[@johnataa]

This is sick! You do set the bar too high! Great stuff, Alex!

[@mahamib]

I was actually considering the x plus version of Surface laptops, and to see it fared best is quite good

[@cyrilc189]

Just wanted to say you have a soothing voice, and I love the touch of humour in your videos.

[@michalthemichal3550]

This is an awesome video that noone else is making, thank you! However, I feel like for the sake of clarity you could remove some of laptops from the graphs to make them more readable and perhaps include the full graphs in the description for the people who want to know more.

[@garrettrinquest1605]

Add someone who watches Gamers Nexus videos, this wasn't that many. Having different colors would be nice though. Maybe apple sillicon in one, Snapdragon in another, and Intel in a third

[@MarkO-s7z]

Great video, strong mind and incredible work ethic. Wow! Keep up the good work Alex.

[@vinitadya]

What do you use the for storing and visualizing and keeping a history of these tests you run

[@marcomarchi2490]

Wow, this video is incredible. Keep it up!

[@sifatulrabbi1967]

great work. i love what you do. and absolutely respect you for building scripts to automate testing. brilliant move.

[@jakejoyride]

Is there Python for ARM? You compiled ARM version for Windows? Mac have it precompiled with system. Also library you are using are this is ARM library? What your test did exactly step by step? What apps were ran? What brightness was set on those laptops? I see some of them are brighter than others on your video. And also I noticed that you started test when battery was 97% on one of the laptops and it was visible in console. Also putting those laptops on desk with wifi caused that some of them had harder network conditions because of radio waves overlapping, laptops in the middle had hardest conditions. What was screen refresh rates on those laptops?

[@aelohinjuz]

Fantastic analysis!

[@asadehsan7409]

Finally a developer tech tuber with real dev task based battery test of these snapdragon chips ❤ Looks promising but would probably skip this generation as by next year they would get all their drivers and emulation sorted out to be more stable.

[@conceptsbyun]

Amazing coverage, you are awesome

[@BrockGunterSmith]

Spectacular testing regime!

[@reinhard_silaen]

Your tests are really good

[@ap99149]

Alex - yet again, you have nailed it. It isn't just about battery life, it is about efficiency - and I haven't seen any other reviewers do this. Brilliant test, brilliant video and I'm thoroughly enjoying this series on the new QCOM chips. Also, kudos on the script - impressive.

[@felipe-andre]

Excellent video 👏

[@SimplestUsername]

I own an X Elite XPS 13. Did you enable the variable refresh rate mode? It's not enabled by default.

[@centuriomacro9787]

Great testing! I wonder how many people use their laptop in performance mode when on battery. I use mine always on balanced. This gives most of the performance while being a lot cooler and letting the CPU use more efficient operating points.

[@KoltonLukes]

Holy god my brother! I’m so impressed at how much work you’ve done just for this video

[@TanerYener]

amazing testing as expected from a developer. thanks for all.

[@iankurseth]

Great video! I would love to see you review the Lenovo Yoga 7x.

[@sasakanjuh7660]

Have to shout out your effort to come up with an innovating way of testing all those machines.. I totally agree that most of reviewers are testing in pretty generic ways, which can't be further for real life scenarios, so thanks for that, well done! :)

[@DiabloVal]

People don't realize how much work it takes to do something like this. Hats off to you man

[@youp1tralala]

Were the screens setup to identical brightness (nits) ?

[@khoonibilla]

This is a fantastic battery test. Loved it

[@joeynessily]

Great test.. can you do another test with an external monitor to normalise for the screen and run it on balanced power mode?

[@gabrielcarbray3921]

Thanks for the incredible video!

[@kepstech1233]

Bro U are on top of the game I appreciate your videos I wonder how the next elite will be if it was built on N3E nodes And can the X Elite run android apps

[@weiSane]

Now this is how a battery test is done. Scientific and methodically.