Geekom is a dedicated mini-PC manufacturer with a wide range of Intel and AMD mini-PCs listed on its website. As of the time of this writing, the company has allegedly teased the world’s first Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite powered mini-PC.
While no other details about the system are available at this point, and Geekom has not made anything official, the official looking image comes from a Chinese social media website, and it shows a Geekom QS series mini-PC that is said to be powered by the Qualcomm chip.
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Geekom QS Series Mini-PC with Snapdragon X Elite Processor
The leaked image comes courtesy of a Weibo user, and it looks to be a promotional image for a Geekom mini-PC that is part of the QS series. Giving this image more credit is the fact that the mini-PC has been pictured the same way as every other model on Geekom’s website, in a vertical and a horizontal orientation. It looks like a slightly larger Apple Mac Mini and is said to be powered by the Snapdragon X Elite processor.
Other than that, the image shows some of the I/O and ventilation on the sides. It seems to have a gray color just like the Mac Mini.
Geekom has been releasing Intel and AMD powered mini-PCs for years, but it looks like the company is planning something new in the mini-PC form factor. This comes as somewhat of a surprise as Qualcomm had originally launched a dev kit based on this architecture but ended up scrapping the idea and canceling preorders. Even though it had reached a few people, it never went into mass production, indicating that Qualcomm has killed the concept.
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Now it seems like that’s not the case and Geekom is looking to shake things up. If the information turns out to be true and the company does release a Snapdragon X Elite powered mini-PC, it could be the world’s first, if no one else releases a mini-PC with a Snapdragon chip first. There are laptops powered by Snapdragon processors, including the X Plus and X Elite that you can buy right now, but the mini-PC form factor has been untouched by Snapdragon chips.
Microsoft Surface Pro 11 (OLED)
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The Microsoft Surface Pro 11 (OLED) is the latest iteration from the company in its 2-in-1 Surface laptops, and it is powered by the Snapdragon X Elite processor that is highly efficient and fairly easy to keep cool. The Surface Pro 11 comes with a 13-inch OLED touchscreen display with a 2880×1920 resolution and up to 120Hz refresh rate.
- Operating System
- Windows 11
- CPU
- Snapdragon X Elite
- GPU
- Qualcomm Adreno GPU
- RAM
- 16GB
- Storage
- 256GB
- Battery
- Up to 14 hours of local video playback
- Display (Size, Resolution)
- OLED (13-inch, 2880×1920)
- Speakers
- 2W stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos
- Weight
- 895 grams
- Brand
- Microsoft
- Model
- Surface Pro 11 (OLED)
There is no other information available about the alleged Geekom mini-PC, so it is unclear what configuration it will be available in and how much it will cost. For reference, the dev kits with the Snapdragon X Elite chips running Windows 11 cost $800-$900. These came with 32GB RAM and a 2280-size NVMe SSD. The performance was found to be at par with the M3 Pro chip from Apple. That’s quite a lot of performance packed into a Windows mini-PC.
Since there is no information on the Geekom website or its social media, take this information with a pinch of salt. But, if Geekom is working on a Snapdragon X Elite mini-PC, we should hear about it in the near future.
Of course, developers will have to port over their apps to be compatible with the ARM-based chip. Earlier this year, Microsoft released its Surface Pro and Surface Laptop devices with Snapdragon X Plus and X Elite chips in hopes to usher in a new era of mobile computing based on ARM architecture.
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