Next-Generation Snapdragon X2 CPUs Already Being Tested, SC8480XP Chip With “Project Glymur” Codename

Qualcomm is already working on its next-generation Arm-based Snapdragon X2 CPUs for PCs as the latest "SC8480XP" has reportedly been tested.

Qualcomm Preps Snapdragon X2 CPUs For Testing: SC8480XP "Project Glymur" Has Been Revealed

The Qualcomm Snapdragon X lineup was launched a few months back and had a lot of momentum riding its back with the expectations of a solid AI PC experience with a strong CPU and GPU combo.

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While the hype was strong, initial reviews & performance results were a little bit short with the IPC improvements, single-core performance, & efficiency/battery life being regarded as the highlights while the multi-core, graphics performance was a bit lackluster. The company did offer a solid array of solutions available at different price points ranging from 12, 10, and the most recent 8-core SoCs within its X Elite and X Plus families.

The first generation Snapdragon lineup featured the Oryon core architecture and we just saw a detailed die shot which you can check out here.

Since then, x86 players such as AMD and Intel have come back hard with strong offerings in the form of Ryzen AI 300 "Strix" and Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" SoCs. These offer improved NPUs, strong CPU cores, and incredible integrated GPUs which offer some of the best performance out there in the market. Knowing this, it looks like Qualcomm is going to continue to build upon the momentum that kicked off with the first-generation Snapdragon X family and is already testing the next-gen Snapdragon X2 (placeholder name) SoCs.

According to Winfuture, Qualcomm has been testing the next-gen Snapdragon X2 SoCs for quite some time. It is reported that internal databases show that the SC8480XP SOCs, which utilize the "Glymur" or "Project Glymur" codename, were tested in July and August so Q3 2024 to be exact. It should be remembered that the