Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite is once again threatening to upend the PC CPU market. About two years ago, Qualcomm debuted the Snapdragon X1 Elite, an Arm chip that replaced the company’s mediocre ...

One of the most confusing moments of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit was when I accidentally flipped over the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme in the testing room. Was that actually embedded memory? Yes, it ...

Qualcomm is finally ready to start competing with Apple's M-series of chips, nearly five years after the M1 made its debut in 2020. While the Snapdragon X series has been fairly successful in terms of ...

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Qualcomm has introduced two new processors for Windows laptops: the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and Snapdragon X2 Elite. These chips are designed to make high-end laptops faster, smarter, and more ...

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme is raising the bar for laptop chips, with a 5.0GHz boost clock and benchmark scores that put it ahead of Apple, Intel, and AMD in single-core and GPU performance ...

In case you've been out of the know for a bit in tech, Qualcomm just announced a family of new mobile processors last week at its Snapdragon Summit event, including its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile ...

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 Elite chips feature a 75% faster CPU than Windows competitors. The top-end Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme is the first ARM-compatible CPU to reach 5.0GHz on its Prime core.

Qualcomm’s New Snapdragon X2 Chips Offer ‘Legendary Leaps in Performance’ Your email has been sent Qualcomm announces Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and X2 Elite for Windows PCs, with 75% faster CPU, 80 ...

Last week at Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm announced its next-gen line of PC chips, Snapdragon X2. The chips will come in two flavors: the X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme. At a benchmarking session at the ...

MAUI: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. on Wednesday launched Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and Snapdragon X2 Elite, the next-generation premium-tier processors within the Snapdragon X portfolio, bringing ...

The new flagship chip, based on the Oryon architecture and largely destined for AI-forward, pro-grade laptops, will feature an 80 TOPS NPU. Also incoming in 2026: two new X2 Elite premium processors.