Snapdragon X Elite Specs Leak Reveal Top-Tier PC SoC Sports 12 Oryon Cores, 2x Faster CPU, GPU Compared To x86 Chips, 5G-Ready & More

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The Snapdragon X Elite is said to be the official name of Qualcomm’s high-end chipset tailor-made for PCs and the company’s first to feature its custom Oryon cores that were developed to rival Apple’s M-series. A detailed list of its specifications has been shared, including a CPU and GPU that is supposedly twice as fast as x86 processors. While the marketing might be ambiguous, let us dive into the details and find out more.

In an earlier report, it was mentioned that Qualcomm is working on three ‘Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3’ variants, with the top-end model reserved for premium notebooks sporting a 12-core CPU. According to VideoCardz on X, all 12 cores are high-performance ones, with no mention of power-efficiency ones, which is strange to see because, in a detailed report, it was mentioned that the Snapdragon X Elite would be fueled by eight performance cores and four efficiency ones.

Aside from the core count, the upcoming SoC is said to have LPDDR5X RAM support, with up to 136GB/s memory bandwidth. The NPU, or Neural Processing Unit, will reportedly have a computing performance of 45TOPS, with the unnamed Adreno GPU said to achieve a 4.6TFLOPS computing threshold while also supporting up to a triple 4K monitor setup. This triple-monitor support will likely be possible through a Thunderbolt 4 connection.

Snapdragon X Elite SoC for PCs
▫️ CPU: 12 Oryon high-performance cores
▫️ MEM: LPDDR5X 136GB/s
▫️ GPU: Adreno 4.6 FLOPS, triple 4K support
▫️ NPU: Hexagon 45 TOPS
▫️ NET: 5G/Wi-Fi7
▫️ Integrated Always Sensing ISP
▫️ Claim: up to 2x faster CPU&GPU vs. x86 arch
▫️ GenAI: 13B… pic.twitter.com/eu25lylcSz

— VideoCardz.com (@VideoCardz) October 22, 2023

While Wi-Fi 7 is said to be one perk of switching to a notebook with a Snapdragon X