The Asus Vivobook S 15, a laptop powered by the Snapdragon X Elite (X1E78100) chipset, features exclusive Copilot+ PC features like live caption translations, Windows Studio Effects for webcam use, and Cocreator in Paint, powered by Qualcomm's Hexagon NPU. It has a sleek design with a number pad, thin bezels, and a magnesium alloy construction.
It includes a 15.6-inch OLED display with a 2880 x 1620 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD storage, and up to 18 hours of battery life on a single charge.
The Snapdragon chip delivers impressive performance, outperforming the M3 MacBook Air in tasks like Photoshop editing, video rendering, and multitasking, while offering efficient gaming performance without a discrete GPU.
Battery life under light load is comparable to the MacBook Air M3 and outlasts Intel and AMD-powered laptops. It lasts a full day of work and entertainment activities.
The laptop maintains low fan noise during light to medium tasks, with temperatures reaching up to 107°F (41.6°C) under heavy load, but still better than Intel and AMD processors.
It offers a variety of ports, including USB-C, HDMI, USB-A options, Thunderbolt 4, and a MicroSD slot, but lacks a full-size SD card reader.
While the Snapdragon X Elite outperforms high-end Intel and AMD chips in certain benchmarks, some 3D Mark tests require x86 architecture emulation, adding an extra workload for the chip.
Sources: gadgets360.com, beebom.com, tomsguide.com, windowscentral.com, pcworld.com
This article was written in collaboration with Generative AI news company Alchemiq.
