Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon X2 Plus chip at CES
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon X2 Plus chip at CES
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Publish Date: 2026-01-05 12:00:00
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- Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X2 Plus laptop processor at CES, presenting a more modest version of its flagship Snapdragon X2 Elite chip.
- The original Snapdragon X2 Elite is set to power the upcoming generation of Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs and features an integrated Hexagon NPU for AI tasks.
- It offers impressive performance, including up to 80 TOPS for AI and a third-generation Qualcomm Oryon CPU capable of either six or ten cores.
- The Snapdragon X2 Elite boasts up to 35 percent faster single-core and multi-core performance improvements compared to its predecessor.
- Both models of the X2 Plus come with an Adreno GPU that offers improved performance, up to 29 percent better than the previous iteration.
