Intel Lunar Lake benchmarks — here’s how it compares to Snapdragon X and Apple M3

Intel 's new Lunar Lake laptop chips have arrived, and we've put them to the test in our lab.

The Lunar Lake results are a big deal because Intel 's laptop chip business has been on the ropes for a few years now.

Intel 's Meteor Lake chips lagged behind the best laptop chips from Apple and Qualcomm.

But Intel appears to be working hard to move fast on that front.

Intel 's first Lunar Lake laptops deliver outstanding performance in Geekbench AI tests.

Lunar Lake chips deliver significantly higher scores in the AI 1.0 NPU test than any of the Snapdragon X or Apple M3 laptops we've tested to date.

We run just about every laptop we test through Pugetbench tests aimed at benchmarking how effectively a machine handles Adobe apps .

Intel 's Lunar Lake laptops are good for gaming and great for battery life.

Performance in the NPU -focused version of the Geekbench AI tests also outstrips the competition.

I'm eager to get more late 2024 laptops in with a wider variety of chips onboard so we can really see what Intel 's latest silicon can do.