Qualcomm announces Snapdragon X2 Plus for cheaper laptops | Infinium-tech

In September, Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon X2 Elite and Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chipsets for Windows on Arm laptops, and today it’s introducing the cheapest option in the portfolio, the Snapdragon X2 Plus. It is the successor to the Snapdragon X Plus from September 2024.

The Snapdragon X2 Plus uses the third-generation Oryon CPU and has an 80 TOPS NPU. It is made on 3nm process. It comes in two versions – 10-core and 6-core. The 10-core version has a total cache of 34MB and a maximum multithread frequency of 4GHz. The 6-core version apparently has six CPU cores, with 22MB total cache and the same maximum 4GHz frequency.

Both have the same X2-45 GPU, but the 10-core version has it clocked up to 1.7GHz, while the six-core option has to make do with 900MHz. Both support LPDDR5X RAM and have the same NPU with 80 TOPS, which Qualcomm says is the fastest in a laptop.

The company promises no performance degradation when on battery, as well as “multi-day battery life,” but this obviously depends on what size cell the laptop manufacturer will use. Speaking of which, the first laptops with Snapdragon X2 Plus are expected to hit the market by the end of June.

The Snapdragon X2 Plus delivers 35% faster CPU single-core performance than the X Plus, while using 43% less power. There is also support for Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, optional 5G, and 128GB RAM on board.

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