Qualcomm has announced the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus processor for PCs as part of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X series platform. This joins the previously announced Snapdragon X Elite SoC at last year’s Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. Here are the details.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus SoC: Features, Specifications
Qualcomm claims that the Snapdragon X Plus SoC will offer 37% better CPU performance and 54% lesser power consumption in comparison with its competitors. The chipset is designed to meet the requirements of on-device AI mobile applications. Qualcomm claims that the chipset has one of the fastest NPUs in the world reaching 45 TOPS.
The processor is fabricated on a 4nm process and features code generation in Visual Studio code from Codegon to assist programmers. Qualcomm uses Riffusion on-device AI to generate new music from prompts. Take a look at the complete specifications of the newly announced Qualcomm SoC.
- CPU: 10x Qualcomm Oryon cores, 64-bit architecture, up to 3.4GHz, 42MB total cache.
- GPU: Qualcomm Adreno GPU (up to 3.8 TFLOPs), DX12 API support.
- NPU: Qualcomm Hexagon NPU, 45 TOPS, Dual Micro NPU on the Qualcomm Sensing Hub.
- Memory: Up to 64GB eight channel LPDDR5x, 8448 MT/s transfer rate, 135 GB/s bandwidth, 16-bit.
- Storage: SD v3.0, UFS 4.0, NVMe SSD over PCIe Gen 4.
- Process Node: 4nm.
- Camera: Qualcomm Spectra ISP, dual 18-bit ISPs, Always Sensing ISP, 2x 36MP dual camera, up to 64MP single camera, 4K HDR video recording capability.
- Display: Qualcomm Adreno DPU, up to UHD120, HDR10 (on device display), 3 external displays up to UHD60, HDR 10, 2 external displays up to 5k60.
- VPU: Qualcomm Adreno VPU, 4K60 10-bit encode/4K120 10-bit decode.
- General Audio: Qualcomm Aqstic Audio, Qualcomm aptX Audio.
- Cellular Modem: Snapdragon X65 5G modem, 10 Gbps peak download speed, 3.5 Gbps peak upload speed.
- Connectivity: Qualcomm FastConnect 7800 Mobile Connectivity system, Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, Bluetooth LE, 3x USB Type C, 3x USB 4, 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2, 1x USB 2.
The new Snapdragon X Plus platform is expected to power laptops by mid-2024. Hence, we can expect the announcements soon.
