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Qualcomm announces Snapdragon X2 Plus for cheaper laptops

Snapdragon X2 Plus is a 3nm Oryon SoC for Windows on Arm laptops with an 80 TOPS NPU and up to 35% faster CPU.

Qualcomm's new chipset makes budget shopping for laptops a whole lot easier in 2026

If Qualcomm follows the same strategy as the previous generation, this is a new SoC (system-on-a-chip) designed to bring next-gen performance to midrange laptops rather than premium flagship machines. According to the developer, the chipset features a 10-core Oryon processor, an updated Adreno graphics card, and an 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU. All this is paired with LPDDR5x memory to deliver fast and efficient performance.

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fromEngadget

1 day ago

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon X2 Plus chip at CES

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X2 Plus laptop processor, a toned-down Snapdragon X2 Elite variant offering lower core counts with notable single-core, multi-core, and GPU gains.

fromTheregister

1 day ago

Qualcomm launches Snapdragon X2 Plus CPUs to battle Intel

Qualcomm is trying to become a major player in the laptop processor space. Its Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus chips, along with a concerted effort to improve the Windows on Arm software ecosystem, have made it a credible alternative to Intel and AMD, although it's still stuck at below 1% market share. On Monday at CES in Las Vegas, the company showed the next step in this strategy: the next-gen Snapdragon X2 Plus chips, which are targeted at budget and mainstream systems.