Running Power BI Desktop on Snapdragon X Series

[Molin]

Dear community, 

Is Power BI desktop fully compatible with the newest version of Snapdragon X ARM Series chips from summer 2024? The prospect of the new chip setup sounds promising but before getting a new PC I want to make sure PBI desktop can run smooth and without limitations. 

Also do you have any experience in having 32gb vs 16gb RAM? The largest models I currently have is around 1,5GB size.

Thanks in advance

[eddablin]

I have installed the store version and task manager reveals it is x64 architecture so will be emulated. I can't notice any difference - if anything slightly better performance than my 3 year old core i7. 

I have 32GB of RAM. At the moment not large datasets but I can trial it if you want. I do have some quite big ones that take about 30mins to load on my old machine. 

[Molin]

Sounds very promising. Would be great to hear how the machine is performing on bigger datasets but no rush. 

Thanks you for the quick response.

[eddablin]

Just ran on my new XPS 9345 Snapdragon and it works fine. 

[Molin]

Hi Eddablin, 

Thanks for the answer, how big is your datamodels and how much ram do you have in your machine?
As I understand Power BI desktop is not natively build for x64arm architeture and require a bit of ram.

[foodd · Accepted solution]

Hello @Molin. If you are making a purchase today, irrespective of the chip, rule of thumb is more memory.    32 is the new 16 gb RAM.    Gizmochia.com is running a story published today covering a list of Snapdragon X Elite-powered laptops.  Time will tell.  At a minimum, they will be $$$.

"Over the last couple of months, various PC brands have unveiled new laptops that feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chip. This processor was launched last year and promised to offer impressive energy efficiency, great performance, and advanced AI capabilities. So here’s a list of all the notebooks from various brands that feature this chipset. "

From <https://www.gizmochina.com/2024/06/19/list-of-snapdragon-x-elite-laptops/4/>