Next-gen Snapdragon X2 Elite brings more cores and juggernaut AI to PCs

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. More TOPS, more cores, more challenges to lead Windows on Arm into a meaningful presence on the PC with the Snapdragon X2 Elite and Extreme. On Wednesday, Qualcomm announced three new Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme processors for PCs, pushing into what it calls'ultra-premium PCs' with a 5GHz CPU and an NPU delivering an industry-leading 80 TOPS. Qualcomm made a name for itself with all-day battery life, but its new "multi-day" battery life received little mention in the context of the X2 Elite chips for Windows on Arm PCs. Now, it's all about speed: the X2 Elite platform delivers 31 percent more performance than the X1 Elite at the same power, or the same performance at 43 percent less power.