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Snapdragon X Elite Compute Platform vs Snapdragon X2 Series
Specs, price and the one trade-off that actually decides it — Snapdragon X Elite Compute Platform against Snapdragon X2 Series, side by side.
Cheaper to start
Tie
Both start at a similar price.
Best ecosystem
Tie
Neither lists native integrations.
Standout
Snapdragon X Elite Compute Platform
45 TOPS NPU
Snapdragon X Elite Compute Platform
High-performance ARM-based SoC featuring a 45 TOPS NPU for on-device AI.
Where it wins, where it doesn't
Pros
- Exceptional battery life
- Local AI inference capability
Cons
- x86 emulation overhead for legacy apps
Specifications
- architectureARM64
- npu45 TOPS
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- cores12
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Snapdragon X2 Series
Qualcomm's 2nd-gen PC platform with 41% higher CPU and 2x NPU performance (80 TOPS).
Specifications
- architecture64-bit
- npu80 TOPS
- APIsDirectX® 12.2, Vulkan® 1.4, OpenCL™ 3.0
- Cache CapacityUp to 53 MB
- Clock SpeedUp to 5.0 GHz, Up to 4.4 GHz
- ConnectivitySnapdragon X2 Elite Extreme
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- CPU NameQualcomm® Oryon™
- Display Support3 displays at up to 4K at 144 Hz or 5K at 60Hz
- GPU Clock SpeedUp to 1.85 GHz, 1.70 GHz, 1.35 GHz
- GPU NameQualcomm® Adreno™
- GPU Part NumberX2-90, X2-85
- Memory BandwidthUp to 135 GB/s
- Memory TypeLPDDR5x
- NPU NameQualcomm® Hexagon™
- NPU Tera Operations Per SecondUp to 85 TOPS
- Number of CoresUp to 18
- Part NumberX2E-80-100, X2E-88-100, X2E-96-100, X2E-94-100, X2E-90-100, X2E-78-100
- Storage Connectionvia M.2 PCIe 3.0.
- Storage InterfaceSD Express, UHS-I
- Video Codec SupportAV1, HEVC, AVC