"At its recent Summit 2025 event, Qualcomm took the stage to announce its next generation of laptop chipsets: the Snapdragon X2 Elite and Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme. I've been closely following Qualcomm's journey through the laptop industry since the company launched the first generation of Snapdragon hardware back in 2024. These chipsets perfectly balance performance with energy efficiency, allowing host computers to last all day long. Judging from preliminary information, the second generation is bringing improvements across board."
"Much of the data we have only pertains to the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, so it'll be our main focus. According to Qualcomm, the platform will consist of the new third-generation 18-core Oryon processor, a revamped Adreno GPU, and an 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU providing an extra boost to performance. All this is paired with LPDDR5 RAM to ensure lightning-fast processing speeds."
"The results are interesting because they show the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme is significantly better than Apple's M4 chipset. For example, in the Geekbench 6.5 multi-core test, the Elite Extreme peaked at 23,491 points, whereas the M4 only hit 15,146 points. Similarly, GPU performance is better too as the Snapdragon model hit 90.06. Apple's hardware, on the other hand, went up to 65.12."
Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme laptop chipsets, emphasizing improved performance while preserving energy efficiency and long battery life. The Elite Extreme pairs a third-generation 18-core Oryon CPU, a revamped Adreno GPU, an 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU, and LPDDR5 memory to accelerate compute, graphics, and AI workloads. Benchmark figures show substantial leads over Apple's M4, including a Geekbench 6.5 multi-core peak of 23,491 versus 15,146 and higher GPU and NPU scores. The Elite Extreme is positioned for ultra-premium PCs handling intense data analytics, professional media editing, and scientific research.
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