And this platinum is very platinum, by which I mean it has such a gorgeous shimmer that is likely attributable to the aluminum chassis. Gone are the fingerprints the black model was so prone to collecting. The new platinum color option, which is only found in the upper two price tiers of Surface Pro X, is outstanding. I can't think of a single thing that needs improving on Surface Pro X for design. The omission of Wi-Fi 6 is more disappointing and unclear. Nonetheless, it would have been exciting to have as an option. That is somewhat understandable for 5G, which is still a bit green, and it would likely require a significant redesign of Surface Pro X's antenna system. Interestingly, the other two features of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx Gen2 5G announcement – specifically 5G and Wi-Fi 6 – did not make it over to this refreshed Surface Pro X. Both are based on the Kryo 495 CPU from last year and are clocked a tad higher than last year's processors. Out of these, it is only the new processor and advancements in ARM that are notable.įollowing Qualcomm's somewhat vague announcement of its Snapdragon 8cx Gen2 5G, which now features optional 5G, Wi-Fi 6, and improved performance, Microsoft followed with its SQ2 chip.
It looks as if all Microsoft did was execute a marketing stunt for customers to pick up the new Surface Pro X while delivering little to no performance benefit over the first-generation ARM-based Windows 10 tablet. This is evident from the fact that even Apple’s M1 chip made short work of the SQ2 running in the Surface Pro X and that too when running in Windows virtualization model, where performance suffers immensely on a Mac. It looks like Microsoft partnering with Qualcomm did little in pushing the performance boundaries of custom ARM-based silicon.
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