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To: Bill Wolf who wrote (195798)

9/30/2025 7:49:40 AM

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First Tests: Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Shows Some Serious Speed
September 29, 2025
Edited By: Wendy Sheehan Donnell

Lofty clocks, lots of cores, AI horsepower to spare, and a rebuilt GPU: The new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip looks like a pace-setter in the laptop-CPU race. Here's how it shapes up in early tests against rival AMD, Apple, and Intel silicon.

--------------We might well have to call the new X2 chips something else entirely: “X-traordinary.”--------

Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and X2 Elite: Specs Compared


SOC DETAILS	CPU Variant	X2E-96-100	X2E-88-100	X2E-80-100	X1E-84-100 (top version)
	Process Technology	3nm	3nm	3nm	4nm
CPU SPECS	Cores (Total)	18	18	12	12
	Cores (Prime)	12	12	6	0
	Prime Core Multicore Max Frequency	4.4GHz	4.0GHz	4.0GHz	3.8GHz
	Prime Core Boost Frequency	5.0GHz (up to two cores)	4.7GHz (up to two cores)	4.7GHz (up to two cores)	4.2GHz (up to two cores)
	Performance (Efficiency) Cores	6	6	6	NA
	Performance Core Multicore Max Frequency	3.6GHz	3.4GHz	3.4GHz	NA
	Total Cache	53MB	53MB	34MB	42MB
GPU SPECS	GPU Version	X2-90	X2-90	X2-85	X1-85
	Peak Frequency	1.85GHz	1.7GHz	1.7GHz	1.5GHz
	API Support	DirectX 12.2 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, OpenCL 3.0	DirectX 12.2 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, OpenCL 3.0	DirectX 12.2 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, OpenCL 3.0	DirectX 12.1, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 3.0
NPU SPECS	NPU TOPS (INT8)	80	80	80	45
MEMORY SPECS	Peak Memory Support	128GB+	128GB	128GB	64GB
	Memory Type	LPDDR5x	LPDDR5x	LPDDR5x	LPDDR5x
	Memory Bandwidth	192-bit	128-bit	128-bit	128-bit

Snapdragon X2 Elite ExtremeSnapdragon X2 EliteSnapdragon X2 EliteSnapdragon X Elite

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