#Snapdragon X Elite
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Snapdragon X2 Elite with 18 Oryon v3 Cores Spotted; Desktop ARM PCs Coming?
Arjun Sha
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Qualcomm is reportedly developing a desktop Arm processor with 18 Oryon v3 CPU cores. It might be called "Snapdragon X2 Ultra Premium". The processor is coupled with 48GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD.
A New Snapdragon X Chipset for Affordable Windows Laptops is Coming, Teases Qualcomm
Arjun Sha
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Qualcomm has revealed a new Snapdragon X processor lineup that will target the sub-$600 PC market. It will go even below the 8-core Snapdragon X Plus SKU.
Snapdragon X Elite Gen 2 Will Include 3rd-Gen Oryon CPU, Confirms Qualcomm
Arjun Sha
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Qualcomm revealed that the next-gen Snapdragon X Elite Gen 2 will feature Oryon v3 CPU cores for Windows PCs. It's supposedly much better at performance and efficiency than Oryon v2 and v1 cores.
In a major escalation, Arm has issued a 60-day notice of cancellation to Qualcomm, threatening to cancel its architectural license. The legal dispute is over the Oryon CPU developed by Nuvia inside Qualcomm. The original license given to Nuvia was for developing server CPUs. The trial will start in December 2024.
Qualcomm is reportedly working on the second generation of Snapdragon X2 Elite chipsets. The model number is "SC8480XP" and the internal codename is "Project Glymur." Besides that, Qualcomm may introduce a new 8-core Snapdragon X Plus SKU, X1P-24-100, into the market.
Qualcomm Makes Windows ARM Laptops Affordable with New Snapdragon X Plus Chips
Arjun Sha
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Qualcomm has launched three new Snapdragon X Plus chipsets to bring down the price of Windows ARM laptops. One SKU has 10 Oryon cores and the other two SKUs have 8 CPU cores. While the CPU performance is expected to be good, the GPU performance on the bottom two SKUs has taken a significant hit.
The Snapdragon for India event will be held in Delhi on July 30. The company has also said there will be two "Historic Announcements" during the event. One of them could be the official launch of Copilot+ PCs in India, while the other could be a 5G phone launch in partnership with Jio.
Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows with X Elite Chip
Abubakar Mohammed
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Qualcomm's X Elite developer kit costs $899 and it comes with a special edition 12-core X Elite processor, 32GB LPDDR5X RAM, 512GB of m.2 NVMe storage, and lots of I/O. The kit will go on sale starting June 18, the same day the first batch X Elite Copilot Plus PCs go on sale.
Just before the Snapdragon X series launch, a Geekbench listing appeared running the Snapdragon X Plus chipset. It's the toned-down version of Snapdragon X Elite and comes with 10 CPU cores. The base frequency is reported to be 3.42GHz and packs 16GB of RAM. The device named "OEMMN OEMMN" is said to be the upcoming Surface Pro 10.
Qualcomm is officially going to debut the Snapdragon X series chipset for PCs on April 24th. Apart from the 12-core Snapdragon X Elite, there is another variant called Snapdragon X Plus with 8 CPU cores and 5G connectivity. Reportedly, there are as many as eight different SKUs of the chipset in different power profiles, from 23W to 80W. Lenovo is also reported to launch its first AI PC in China on April 20th with the Snapdragon X series processor.
First Look of Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Laptop with Snapdragon X Elite Revealed
Arjun Sha
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Here is a sneak peek of the first Snapdragon X Elite-powered laptop. Courtesy of an X user, the leaked images show the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 laptop with the Snapdragon X Elite processor in full glory. It also comes with a dedicated Copilot key. The specifications are not known as of now.
Apart from Snapdragon X Elite, Qualcomm is also working on a new Snapdragon X Plus variant for Windows PCs. It may come with 10 Oryon CPU cores, instead of 12, and may pack a Snapdragon 5G modem as well. Qualcomm is testing two variants of the chipset internally.
At the Game Developers Conference 2024, a Qualcomm Engineer presented a session on how PC games would run on the Snapdragon X Elite platform. Qualcomm is quite confident that PC games would work even when they are not ported to ARM64 architecture. The company is testing top Steam games on the new ARM platform. Besides that, Qualcomm has prepared Adreno GPU drivers for DirectX 11, 12, Vulkan, and OpenCL.
The Snapdragon X Elite chipset visits Geekbench yet again, and this time, running on Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Book4 Edge laptop. The benchmark score is impressive but does not outperform Apple M3. That said, Snapdragon X Elite performs better than Apple M2 and M1. A new leak also suggests that a "Snapdragon X Plus" variant exists and comes with a total of eight SKUs.
