- The new X2 Elite Extreme of Qualcomm has 18 nuclei, 5.0Ghz Boost and 128 GB LPDDR5X RAM
- X2 Elite has 12 nuclei, an impulse of 4.7 GHz and the same memory to a lower bandwidth
- Both chips add adreno gpu with ray tracking and multiple screen support
Qualcomm has removed the wraps of its latest processors for notebooks and Windows PC.
The Snapdragon X2 Elite and the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme will compete with Ryzen AI+ 395 of AMD and offer a significant impulse on the previous generation chips.
The X2 Elite Extreme is the flagship version, with higher nucleus, faster watch speeds and a stronger AI performance than the standard elite model.
Increase to 5.0 GHz
The chip presents up to 18 CPU nuclei of Oryon, with 12 prime performance cores and 6 built in the 3NM process of TSMC.
Two of the main nuclei can increase to 5.0GHZ, which makes it the first consumer processor based on the arm to reach that speed.
The chip admits up to 128 GB of memory LPDDR5x-9523 with 228 GB/s bandwidth and 53 MB of cache.
In comparison, the standard X2 elite has up to 12 nuclei in the 4NM TSMC process.
It admits the same 128 GB memory capacity but at a lower bandwidth, and its impulse peak is 4.7 GHz in a nucleus. The cache is reduced to 34 MB.
The processing of AI is another area of ​​difference. The NPU of the end delivers up to 80 tops, almost double the 45 tops of the elite x2.
Qualcomm says that this acceleration level is designed for co -pilot+ PCs, allowing multiple workloads to execute at the same time.
Graphics performance also receives an update. The end has the X2-90 Adreno GPU, while Adreno X2-85 for the elite.
Both add the ray layout based on hardware for the first time and support for Directx 12.2 Ultimate, Vulkan and OpenCl 3.0.
Chips can drive up to three 4k to 144Hz external screens or two 5K to 60Hz monitors, and connectivity includes Wi-Fi 7 through Fastconnect 7800 and 5G optional with the Snapdragon X75 modem, with I/S pcie 5.0 USB4 ports.
The first notebooks with the new X2 Elite and Elite Extreme of Qualcomm chips are scheduled to arrive in the first half of 2026, and the first reference points for the new chips are expected soon.
