Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite & X Plus CPU Lineup Exposed: 8 SKUs With Adreno GPU & Vulkan Support
Qualcomm's next-gen Snapdragon X Elite & X Plus CPU lineup for Windows AI PCs has been exposed in the latest driver leak.
Qualcomm Readies At Least 8 Snapdragon X Elite & X Plus CPUs For The Windows AI PC Segment
Ever since Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon X Elite CPUs for Windows AI PCs, they have taken the market by storm. The Arm-based chips are poised to give some heated competition to others in the space such as Apple, Intel, and AMD. Based on the latest drivers, it looks like Qualcomm will be offering its chips in 8 diverse flavors, each having its own specific set of core, clock, and power limit configurations. The lineup was listed over at Baidu Forums and includes:
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- Snapdragon X Elite X1E80100
- Snapdragon X Elite X1E78100
- Snapdragon X Elite X1E76100
- Snapdragon X Elite X1E84100
- Snapdragon X Plus X1P62100
- Snapdragon X Plus X1P64100
- Snapdragon X Plus X1P56100
- Snapdragon X Plus X1P40100
The specifications of these chips aren't known but we know that at least one configuration, the top X Elite X1E80100 features 12 cores (8 Performance + 4 Efficiency) with a peak clock of 4.3 GHz & has been spotted in leaked benchmarks before. The chip was very competitive against the existing CPU stack from the competition. From what we can guess, the Snapdragon X Elite variants could use the full 12-core configurations while the X Plus can either be lower-spec'd (4-8 Cores) or feature vastly lower clock/power targets.
One thing is for sure and that's that Qualcomm has a full-fledged lineup prepped up for launch and wants to make a big entry within the Windows AI PC segment with its Snapdragon X Elite & X Plus lineup of chips. Other details include support for the latest Qualcomm Adreno GPU which should also come with different configurations respective to the SKU it is featured on. Furthermore, this driver also shows that the Adreno GPU is