Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 850 a couple of days ago, its first chip exclusively targeted at laptop-style devices. Sure, it's a slightly overclocked 845, but it's a start. More info is surfacing about the Snapdragon 1000 and it will be more powerful than expected. It will reportedly have a TDP of up to 12 W, nearly double the TDP of the S850 and massive for ARM chip. For comparison, Intel's U-series - e.g. 8250U and 8550U - are rated at 15 W and have four cores with eight threads each. Intel's cores are huge compared to the typical ARM core, but then software isn't great at using...
Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/snapdragon_1000_might_have_12_w_tdp_take_on_intel_directly-news-31554.php
