Qualcomm Introduces its New Snapdragon X2 Elite and Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Processors for Windows PCs: Teased as Fastest and Most Efficient
New Snapdragon X2 Elite and Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme processors have now been introduced by Qualcomm as its next generation Snapdragon X series premium-tier platforms. Equipped with superior performance, multi-day battery life, and AI capabilities, these latest processors that have been unveiled for Windows PCs are teased to be the fastest and the most efficient.
Check out more their specs and features below.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite and Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme – Officially Introduced
About the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, it has been designed for ultra-premium PCs and will enable users to easily tackle works related to agentic AI experience, intense computational data, professional media editing, as well as scientific research. Speaking more, it features the best-in-class 3rd generation Qualcomm Oryon CPUs to offer an upgraded performance of up to 75% at ISO power, and it integrates a new Adreno GPU architecture that ensures 2.3x performance increase (per watt) and better power efficiency with respect to its predecessor. Moreover, the 80 TOPS Qualcomm Hexagon NPU that has been equipped within it is the world’s fastest NPU for laptops.
Coming to the Snapdragon X2 Elite, it will be capable of driving the best multi-tasking experience for resource-intensive workloads thanks to the 31% boosted performance at ISO power. Notably, in comparison to its predecessor, the power consumption of the chip has also been reduced by 43%. Thanks to better power efficiency, the PC devices using this chip will be able to go on for days. Also, for handling Copilot+ and the overall concurrent AI experience, 80 TOPS NPU is given too.
Regarding the availability, the Snapdragon X2 Elite-powered Windows 11 PCs are expected to hit the market in the first half of next year in 2026 (1H26).
