Yes, per Qualcomm, TDP can be tuned down to as little as a few watts, much like Core M/Y-class brought to the table. The advantage is it would be significantly more performant than either AMD or Intel can pull off given its far higher efficiency across its power/clock speed curve.
I have yet to see anything from Intel or AMD that can pull off a ~1000 multicore score in Cinebench 2024 at 23 watts (note the highlighted 997 under “Thing and Light-Observed” below). The only thing from those two that comes in a distant third is AMD’s Ryzen 7 8700G, which has a 65W TDP. Qualcomm Snapdragon X’s sole competitor on that front is Apple with the 12-core M3 Pro, which has a 27-watt TDP. So Snapdragon X Elite efficiency is basically one-to-one with Apple’s latest M3 chips, and on an older 4nm process compared to Apple M3 series’ more efficient 3nm process, no less.
