Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite introduced for PCs
The popular chipset manufacturer, Qualcomm, held the Snapdragon Summit event, where it announced the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, Qualcomm S7 Gen 1 Sound Platform, and its latest and most powerful Snapdragon X Elite chipsets. According to the official announcements, the newest processor is the latest…
Samet KelebekPublished 2 min read
The popular chipset manufacturer, Qualcomm, held the Snapdragon Summit event, where it announced the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, Qualcomm S7 Gen 1 Sound Platform, and its latest and most powerful Snapdragon X Elite chipsets. According to the official announcements, the newest processor is the latest and most powerful PC processor with significant specifications. Here are the details about the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite…
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite comes with enhanced capabilities
The company claims that its newest processor comes with significant features, including advanced on-device AI capabilities, exceptional energy efficiency, multi-day battery life, and more. While the Snapdragon X Elite is a 4nm processor, it has a Qualcomm Oryon CPU with 12 cores, up to 3.8GHz, Single and Dual-Core Boost, up to 4.3GHz.
When we look at the official details, we can see that the new processor offers better Single-threaded CPU performance with 3.227 points compared to Apple M2 Max and Intel I9-13980HX. Additionally, the Snapdragon X Elite offers this peak performance at 30% less power than the Apple M2 Max, and 70% less power than the Intel I9-13980HX.
The Elite X GPU is said to deliver graphics performance that’s twice as fast as the i7-13800H. Plus, it achieves this level of performance while using 74% less power. Additionally, it offers up to 80% faster GPU performance compared to AMD Ryzen 9 7940Hs, while still using 80% less power.
Qualcomm explained that the first PCs powered by the X Elite will be released starting in the middle of 2024.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite specs
- Qualcomm Oryon CPU, 12 cores, up to 3.8 GHz, Single and Dual-Core Boost, up to 4.3 GHz
- Qualcomm Adreno GPU, Up to 4.6 TFLOPs
- Industry-leading AI Engine with up to 75 TOPs
- Snapdragon X65 5G modem for fast 5G at up to 10Gbps download speed and up to 3.5Gbps upload speed;and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity with Qualcomm FastConnect 7800
- Dual 18-bit ISPs, Always-sensing ISP, Dual Camera: 2x 36 MP, Single Camera: Up to 64 MP, Video Capture: 4K HDR
- AV1 encode and decode for 4K HDR video streaming
- Support for up to three external UHD monitors
- Up to 64 GB LPDDR5x memory for faster AI experiences
- Storage – SD: SD v3.0, SSD/NVMe Interface: NVMe SSD over PCIe Gen 4, UFS: UFS 4.0
- Interface Type: 3x USB-C – 3x USB4, 2x USB3.2 Gen2, 1x eUSB2
- Advanced MIPI camera support for high-quality imaging