16 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020REVIEW
Performance: Benchmarks
Because of the limitations of the ARM architecture,
we were able to run only a few of our normal suite
of benchmarks. We also had to create a new, smaller
group of comparable products. We were nevertheless
able to bracket the Surface Pro X’s performance:
it’ssomewhatlessthansomeofMicrosoft’solder
productsthat are based on Intel’s 7th-gen Core chips.
Our comparison products include the Lenovo
Yoga C630, which uses the SQ1’s predecessor, the
Qualcomm Snapdragon 850; our Editor’s Choice-
award winning tablet, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet
(3rd Gen); the Microsoft Surface Go tablet; the first-
generation Microsoft Surface Laptop, and the MicrosoftQualcomm is delivering the same PCMark 10 Apps score as it promised
in 2019. In general, however, other older devices perform much better