Snapdragon X Elite is Qualcomm’s high-performance ARM processor designed specifically for Copilot+ PCs. It excels at AI thanks to a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU) that can handle up to 45 trillion operations per second, allowing it to efficiently process language models and generative AI tasks locally on-device.
One challenge with Windows on Arm processors like the Snapdragon X Elite is that most Windows applications aren’t designed to run directly on Arm systems. Instead, Windows uses a translation layer to emulate the x86_64 architecture.
For the best performance, it's important to use apps that are designed to run directly on Arm systems. Here's the full list of apps that Qualcomm says will run flawlessly on the Snapdragon X Elite. If you can't find your favorite app on this list (and we noticed some notable omissions), don't worry—more are expected to be added soon.
Productivity
- A note
- Word
- Standing out
- panorama
- PowerPoint
- 7 zippers
- Acrobat
- Microsoft Magazine
- LibreOffice
- Notepad++
- Microsoft Visio
- PDF drawing board
- PDF Creator
- Headacheable
Collaboration
- Microsoft Teams
- Zoom
- OneDrive
- Delivery box
- Cisco WebEx
- Team Viewer
- Microsoft Whiteboard
- Apple iCloud
- Camouflage study
- Viber
- Center ring
- Loose
Creative
- DaVinci Resolve
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Lightroom
- Blender
- Microsoft Clip Champion
- GIMP
- Observation
- Painting.NET
- Director of Photography at Cyberlink
- Cyberlink Energy Director
- Microsoft Photos
- Microsoft Paint
- Shapr3D
- Luminar Neo
- Canvas
- CorelDraw
- Cover cut
- DJay Pro
- X (formerly Twitter)
- Tik Tok
- Snap (Snapchat)
- Facebook Messenger
- Interest
- Discord
- Wikipedia
- Meta threads
- Netflix
- Main video
- Hulu
- Disney+
- Spotify
- Amazon Music
- Audacity
- VLC player
- Hand brake
- windows media player
- Pandora Music
- VOODOO
- Apple iTunes
web browsers
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Edge
- Brave
- Firefox
- Opera
- Vivaldi
Development
- Visual study
- Visual Studio Code
- .NET
- Java
- Piton
- Unit
- ONNX Runtime
- LLVM
- Docker Desktop
- NodeJS
- Bazel
Final Safety Post
- Mass coup
- Microsoft Defender
- Micro trend
- Sophos X-Intercept
- Symantec Special Education Program
- Palo Alto Cortex Networks
- Cisco Secure Endpoint
- VMware Carbon Black
- BitDefender
- With safe elements
- RSA Network Witness
- Surveillance
- ESET
- Sentinel One
- Cyberreaction
Data management and internal risks
- Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention
- Symantec Data Loss Protection
- Cisco Umbrella
- NetSkope CASB
- Response to the Tanium threat
- Ratings
- Symantec WSS
- Open Text EnCase
- Forest explorer
- Absolute persistence
- Point of strength
- DTEX
- Fast7
- Venafi Certificate Management
- Port checkpoint protection
- Code 42 Incydr
- Communications vault
IT Management
- Microsoft Intune
- Microsoft SCCM
- Microsoft Autopilot
- VMware Workspace One
- Next thought
- Ivanti LANDESK
- Flexera FNMS
- Moving iron
- Uber Agent
- SysTrack from the lake shore
- Citrix Endpoint Management
- Egnyte Desk
Remote access and support
- Cisco AnyConnect
- PA Networks Global Protection
- Z climber
- Safe pulse
- F5 Big IP
- BeyondTrust Remote Support
- CyberArk Electronic Project Management
- VPN Checkpoint
- Net Movement
- OpenVPN
- Team Viewer
- Wire guard
- VMware Horizon
- BeyondTrust Bomber
- Code42 emergency plan
- Carbonite Backup
- OpenText Microfocus
- Bitblocker
- Microsoft PowerToys
- Microsoft SysMon
- CPU-Z
- Azure Virtual Desktop
- Shell Power
- Communications vault
While it's a long list, there are several notable omissions. We're disappointed to see that Affinity and AutoCAD software aren't yet supported, and our favorite VPN, NordVPN, is also conspicuous by its absence.
Fortunately, a Nord Security spokesperson told us: “We are developing an Arm-native NordVPN app and the release process is in the final stages. We are now working closely with Microsoft to receive the controller signing certificate. We look forward to releasing the app in the near future.”