New Huawei AI chip claims double performance of Snapdragon X2 Elite for PCs
Yes, you read it right – a new Huawei AI chip for PCs claims to offer double the performance of Snapdragon X2 Elite. This processor is the Ascend 310 for the powerful Orange Pi mini computer. It aims to improve AI features and applications.
Huawei Ascend 310 is an octa-core chip for newly designed mini AI PCs and can beat the Snapdragon X2 Elite. Really? Let’s find out the answer via this detailed report.
Orange Pi has launched a mini PC for AI development and testing artificial intelligence applications. This PC equips a 64-bit ARM-based Ascend 310 AI processor.
The new octa-core chipset can deliver up to 176 TOPS of AI performance, which is twice that of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite – announced recently for laptops.
Qualcomm has been keeping itself updated in terms of PC processors with its X Elite lineup. In the latest edition, it introduced Snapdragon X2 Elite as well as X2 Elite Extreme chips for Windows on ARM-based technologies.
Snapdragon X2 Elite
- 3nm chip with a total of 12 cores and 6 prime cores. It supports a 4.0GHz multi-core maximum frequency with a boost frequency of 4.7GHz Single-core/4.7GHz dual-core.
Orange PI PC, also known as Orange Pi AI Studio, comes with an Ascend 310 chip, 48GB or 96GB of RAM, and 32MB of SPI flash. Its Pro model can combine two AI Studio mini PCs into one to form a 16-core CPU – better than 352 TOPS.
A major disadvantage of this Pro model is that it has a limited interface with only a power switch, an LED indicator, a DC power port, and a single USB 4.0 Type-C port.
In simple words, tasks like connectivity, display, storage, and peripherals will depend on one port. The device currently supports Ubuntu 22.04.5, Linux 5.15.0.126, and the DeepSeek-R1 AI model. Perhaps, it may also support Windows in the future.
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