Qualcomm Unleashes Snapdragon X Elite: The AI Super-Charged Platform to Revolutionize the PC

TheLostSwede · Oct 24, 2023

At Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced the most powerful computing processor it has ever created for the PC: Snapdragon X Elite. This groundbreaking platform ushers in a new era of premium computing by delivering a massive leap forward with best-in-class CPU performance, leading on-device AI inferencing, and one of the most efficient processors in a PC with up to multiple days of battery life. As AI transforms how we interact with our PCs, Snapdragon X Elite is designed to support the intelligent and power-intensive tasks of the future that will enable powerful productivity, rich creativity, and immersive entertainment experiences from anywhere.

"Snapdragon X Elite represents a dramatic leap in innovation for computing as we deliver our new, custom Qualcomm Oryon CPU for super-charged performance that will delight consumers with incredible power efficiency and take their creativity and productivity to the next level," said Kedar Kondap, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Compute & Gaming, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. "Powerful on-device AI experiences will enable seamless multitasking and new intuitive user experiences, empowering consumers and businesses alike to create and accomplish more." PCs powered by Snapdragon X Elite are expected mid-2024.

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bonehead123 · Oct 24, 2023

But...

But....

Can it run the "can it run Crysis" app @12,527.93 FPS ?

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sorry, couldn't resist...

john_ · Oct 24, 2023

I guess Nvidia made many out there anxious to rush announcing new ARM SOCs for laptops and PCs.

FoulOnWhite · Oct 24, 2023

Could make for some high speed low power use tablets.

trsttte · Oct 25, 2023

Is that laptop dev kit available for purchase?

kondamin · Oct 25, 2023

trsttte said:
Is that laptop dev kit available for purchase?

I remember reading that those dev kits were very expensive.

Minus Infinity · Oct 25, 2023

Can I install Linux on ARM? Or should I say will there be any natively compiled Linux apps? Adobe will never support Linux that's for sure.

TumbleGeorge · Oct 25, 2023

Leak benchmarks in click bite websites. This SoC win in some tests against today CPU's of AMD, intel and Apple. But maybe will lose from arrow lake, zen5 and m4?
Sorry wcckek.

Daven · Oct 25, 2023

Apple is also about to release the M3.

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Qualcomm, Nvidia, AMD, Apple. ARM is certainly having its day on the PC.

Wirko · Oct 25, 2023

Qualcomm, the grandfather of heterogeneous core design, has determined that a CPU with 12 equal cores is the best for a laptop, even a high-end (according to them) laptop. This should have some effect on future Intel designs too.

Tropick · Oct 25, 2023

Minus Infinity said:
Can I install Linux on ARM? Or should I say will there be any natively compiled Linux apps? Adobe will never support Linux that's for sure.

Oh yeah, plenty of distros support ARM these days. Ubuntu is probably the most mainstream version that supports ARM64 natively. I have 23.10 running flawlessly on an overclocked Raspberry Pi 4 8GB.

Vayra86 · Oct 25, 2023

Wirko said:
Qualcomm, the grandfather of heterogeneous core design, has determined that a CPU with 12 equal cores is the best for a laptop, even a high-end (according to them) laptop. This should have some effect on future Intel designs too.

Ya think? Intel's P core is a brutal power hog.

Oh wait... an E core only design... I see what you did there

E core XeSS... its happening ! Your calculations might get a bit blurry, but oh well

Wirko · Oct 25, 2023

Vayra86 said:
Ya think? Intel's P core is a brutal power hog.

Oh wait... an E core only design... I see what you did there E core XeSS... its happening ! Your calculations might get a bit blurry, but oh well

Yes. Intel just might concentrate more on better E-core design, and E-only laptop CPUs, if this SXE turns out to be really good, and grows a decent Windows/Linux/app ecosystem.

(SXE sounds more sexy than Snapdragon X Elite)

trsttte · Oct 25, 2023

Tropick said:
Oh yeah, plenty of distros support ARM these days. Ubuntu is probably the most mainstream version that supports ARM64 natively. I have 23.10 running flawlessly on an overclocked Raspberry Pi 4 8GB.

It's not that simple, you also need a compatible device tree since no ARM device I ever saw implemented a uefi or similar specification to interface with the os

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Qualcomm Unleashes Snapdragon X Elite: The AI Super-Charged Platform to Revolutionize the PC

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