An unannounced new Surface product appeared in the GeekBench benchmark library. According to the running score information, the machine runs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 chip, with a single-core score of 1005 points and a multi-core score of 5574 points.
Multi-core performance is comparable to Intel and AMD chips in the 25W class, for example, the Intel Core i7-1165G7 scored low on Geekbench’s multi-threaded workloads.
The name of the model is the same as the codename of the previous Surface device, and the “EV2” designation indicates that the product has entered the hardware testing phase, which is also called the equipment verification test (EVT). Because it’s unclear what kind of device was tested. Since the device recently entered hardware testing, it’s still a while before we get any solid leaks.