Inside Snapdragon X2 Elite: Qualcomm’s Next-Gen PC Chip Promises Big Gains

	Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite: MSRP TBD Qualcomm's second generation PC processor, the Snapdragon X2 Elite, improves upon its predecessor in virtually every way, with more cores, increased performance, and enhanced efficiency.
	Higher Core Count (Up To 18) Increased Performance Per Core More Powerful GPU More Powerful NPUs Higher Memory Bandwidth Additional IO	Some Workloads Still Require Emulation Not Available Yet

Qualcomm announced its second-generation PC processor – the Snapdragon X2 Elite – at its Snapdragon Summit last month, and revealed some early details and performance expectations. Despite entering a new market with the original Snapdragon X Elite and facing significant headwinds from incumbents Intel and AMD, Qualcomm managed to become Microsoft’s exclusive launch partner for Copilot+ PCs with the original Snapdragon X and landed quite a few design wins from a number of major notebooks OEMs.

The Snapdragon X2 Elite takes everything about its predecessor and cranks it up a ...