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During the Snapdragon Summit 2025 event, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip for upcoming high-end smartphones, as well as two new Snapdragon chips for PCs and laptops: the Snapdragon X2 Elite and the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme.
Qualcomm's new chips are based on the Arm architecture and are made for laptops and PCs that run Windows. The Snapdragon X2 Elite comes in two versions, one with a 12-core CPU (X2E-88-100) and the other with an 18-core CPU (X2E-80-100). Then there is the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, which has a 24-core CPU.
All three chips are fabricated on TSMC's 3nm process node.
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Similar to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip for phones, these new laptop chips use Qualcomm's third-generation Oryon CPU cores. The Snapdragon X2 Elite series chips can reach peak CPU dual-core clock speeds of up to 4.7GHz, while the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme can go as high as 5GHz for dual-core boost.
The 12-core Snapdragon X2 Elite has six prime CPU cores and 6 performance CPU cores. The 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite and the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme has 12 prime CPU cores and 6 performance CPU cores. These chips offer 31% faster performance or up to 43% less power draw compared to the Snapdragon X Elite chips from last year.
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The Adreno GPU inside the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme is clocked at 1.85GHz, while the one inside the Snapdragon X2 Elite series is clocked up to 1.7GHz. It also supports DirectX 12.2 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, and OpenCL 3.0 APIs for games.
The GPU can drive three external displays at 5K resolution and up to 60Hz refresh rate or three 4K displays at up to 144Hz refresh rate. Qualcomm claims the GPU in these new chips offers 2.3x faster performance per watt than previous-generation chips.
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All three chips work with LPDDR5x RAM. The Snapdragon X2 Elite has a memory bus width of 128-bit and a memory bandwidth is 152GB/s. The Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme has a memory bus width of 192-bit and a memory bandwidth of 228GB/s. They are compatible with dual-PCIe 5.0 NVMe, UFS 4.0, and SDUC/SDXC storage.
All three chips have 53MB of cache memory and an NPU with 80TOPS of performance, making them the world's fastest chips for AI performance.
They also feature Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, 5G, and three USB 4.0 Type-C ports for connectivity. They support aptX audio, 4K 30fps video recording, and 8K 60fps video decoding.
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The Snapdragon X2 Elite chips will launch in the spring of 2026 and will be used by almost all laptop brands, including Samsung. The South Korean firm will likely use them in the Galaxy Book Edge series.
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Galaxy Book Edge models could use Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite chips
Qualcomm's new chips are based on the Arm architecture and are made for laptops and PCs that run Windows. The Snapdragon X2 Elite comes in two versions, one with a 12-core CPU (X2E-88-100) and the other with an 18-core CPU (X2E-80-100). Then there is the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, which has a 24-core CPU.
All three chips are fabricated on TSMC's 3nm process node.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-X2-Elite-Extreme-Clock-Speed.jpg
Similar to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip for phones, these new laptop chips use Qualcomm's third-generation Oryon CPU cores. The Snapdragon X2 Elite series chips can reach peak CPU dual-core clock speeds of up to 4.7GHz, while the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme can go as high as 5GHz for dual-core boost.
The 12-core Snapdragon X2 Elite has six prime CPU cores and 6 performance CPU cores. The 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite and the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme has 12 prime CPU cores and 6 performance CPU cores. These chips offer 31% faster performance or up to 43% less power draw compared to the Snapdragon X Elite chips from last year.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-X2-Elite-Block-Simplified-Diagram.jpg
The Adreno GPU inside the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme is clocked at 1.85GHz, while the one inside the Snapdragon X2 Elite series is clocked up to 1.7GHz. It also supports DirectX 12.2 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, and OpenCL 3.0 APIs for games.
The GPU can drive three external displays at 5K resolution and up to 60Hz refresh rate or three 4K displays at up to 144Hz refresh rate. Qualcomm claims the GPU in these new chips offers 2.3x faster performance per watt than previous-generation chips.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-X2-Elite-Features.jpg
All three chips work with LPDDR5x RAM. The Snapdragon X2 Elite has a memory bus width of 128-bit and a memory bandwidth is 152GB/s. The Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme has a memory bus width of 192-bit and a memory bandwidth of 228GB/s. They are compatible with dual-PCIe 5.0 NVMe, UFS 4.0, and SDUC/SDXC storage.
All three chips have 53MB of cache memory and an NPU with 80TOPS of performance, making them the world's fastest chips for AI performance.
They also feature Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, 5G, and three USB 4.0 Type-C ports for connectivity. They support aptX audio, 4K 30fps video recording, and 8K 60fps video decoding.
When will laptops with Snapdragon X2 Elite chips launch?
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Samsung-Galaxy-Book-4-Edge-1.jpg
The Snapdragon X2 Elite chips will launch in the spring of 2026 and will be used by almost all laptop brands, including Samsung. The South Korean firm will likely use them in the Galaxy Book Edge series.
The post Samsung could launch Galaxy Book laptops with Snapdragon X2 Elite chips appeared first on imeisource.