- The new X2 Elite Extreme of Qualcomm has 18 cores, an increase of 5.0 GHz and a RAM LPDDR5X of 128 GB
- X2 Elite has 12 cores, 4.7 GHz and the same memory with the lower bandwidth
- The two chips add GPUs from Adréno with the tracing of the shelves and the multi-support support
Qualcomm has removed the wraps from its latest processors for laptops and Windows PC.
The Snapdragon X2 elite and the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme are defined to compete with Ryzen AI + 395 of AMD and offer a significant boost compared to previous generation chips.
The X2 Elite Extreme is the flagship version, with a higher number of nucleus, faster clock speeds and stronger IA performance than the standard elite model.
Booster at 5.0 GHz
The chip includes up to 18 Osyon processor cores, with 12 prime performance cores and 6 built on the 3NM process of TSMC.
Two of the main hearts can increase to 5.0 GHz, making it the first consumer processor based on ARM to reach this speed.
The chip supports up to 128 GB of LPDDR5X-9523 memory with a 228 GB / S bandwidth and 53 MB of cache.
In comparison, the standard X2 elite has up to 12 cores on the 4 NM TSMC process.
It supports the same memory capacity of 128 GB but at a lower bandwidth, and its peak boost is 4.7 GHz on a nucleus. The cache is reduced to 34 MB.
AI treatment is another area of difference. The NPU of the extreme offers up to 80 peaks, almost double the 45 peaks of the X2 elite.
Qualcomm says that this level of acceleration is designed for Copilot +PCs, allowing several IA workloads to execute on devices at the same time.
Graphic performances also get an upgrade. The extreme has the GPU Adreno X2-90, while it is Adreno X2-85 for the elite.
The two add the tracing of the equipment -based rays for the first time and the management of DirectX 12.2 Ultimate, Vulkan and Opencl 3.0.
The chips can drive up to three 4K external screens at 144 Hz or two 5K monitors at 60 Hz, and connectivity includes Wi-Fi 7 via FastConnect 7800 and the optional 5G with the Snapdragon X75 modem, with I / O PCIe 5.0 on the extreme, PCIe 4.0 on Elite ports, plus NVME ,, UFS 4.0 and multiple USB4.
The first notebooks featured the new X2 Elite and Extreme Chips of Qualcomm should arrive in the first half of 2026 – and the first benchmarks for the new fleas are expected soon.
