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- Sep 24, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Qualcomm Unveils the 5 GHz Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and X2 Elite PC Chips
- Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and Snapdragon X2 Elite, the next premium tier of its Snapdragon X Series for Windows 11 PCs, at Snapdragon Summit 2025 in Maui[1][4]
- X2 Elite Extreme targets ultra-premium PCs for agentic AI, data analytics, media editing and research; Qualcomm claimed up to 75% faster CPU performance than the competition at the same power[1]
- X2 Elite claims up to 31% more performance at the same power, or up to 43% less power, than the previous generation[1]
- The platforms add Snapdragon Guardian for tracking, locking and wiping a lost PC[4]
- Devices were expected in the first half of 2026[1]
Notable features
- 3 nm process; third-generation Oryon CPU with up to 18 cores (12 Prime, 6 Performance) and 53 MB of cache[2]
- Up to 5.0 GHz single- and dual-core boost on X2 Elite Extreme - the first Arm-compatible CPU at 5 GHz[2][4]
- Hexagon NPU with 80 TOPS (85 TOPS on some X2 Elite parts)[1][2]
- New Adreno GPU up to 1.85 GHz with 2.3x the performance per watt of the previous generation[1][2]
- LPDDR5x memory at up to 228 GB/s on Extreme, 152 GB/s on X2 Elite[2]
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- [1]90%qualcomm.com/news/releases/2025/09/new-snapdragon-x2-elite-extreme-and-snapdragon-x2-elite-are-the-qualcomm.com· Posted Sep 25, 2026· Starts Sep 24, 2025 ✓· 25% of score
The release is datelined MAUI and Qualcomm's[2][3][4] page stamps it 24 Sep 2025 20:30 UTC, the 10:30 AM HT Product Announcements Keynote at Snapdragon Summit 2025.
- [2]90%Snapdragon X2 Elite product brief (Qualcomm, PDF)qualcomm.com· Added Sep 25, 2026· 25% of score
Spec table: X2E-96-100 Extreme with 18 cores (12 Prime up to 4.4 GHz multi-core, 5.0 GHz boost; 6 Performance up to 3.6 GHz), 53 MB cache, 1.85 GHz Adreno X2-90 GPU, 80 TOPS, LPDDR5x at 228 GB/s; X2 Elite variants with 12-18 cores; 3nm process.[1]
- [3]82%Snapdragon X2 Elite product page (Qualcomm)qualcomm.com· Added Sep 25, 2026· 25% of score
The product page for the X2 Elite family.[1]
- [4]80%Everything You Missed at Snapdragon Summit 2025 (Qualcomm)qualcomm.com· Added Sep 25, 2026· 25% of score
Kedar Kondap unveiled the X2 Elite on Day 2; X2 Elite Extreme is 'the first ARM-compatible CPU to break the 5GHz barrier'; Snapdragon Guardian built in.[1]
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