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CPULaptopReleased 2026

Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-78-100

12C/12T · 4.0 GHz

Entry 12-core Snapdragon X2 Elite model added to the lineup after the initial launch. Its six Prime and six Performance cores run at up to 4.0 GHz with no higher boost clock, and it pairs 34 MB of total cache with an Adreno X2-85 GPU clocked lower at 1.35 GHz and the same 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU as the other X2 Elite chips.

General

Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Model
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-78-100
Segment
Laptop
Generation
Snapdragon X2 Elite
Codename
Glymur
Architecture
ARM64
Microarchitecture
Oryon (3rd gen)
Release date
2026

Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
12 cores / 12 threadsS6+P6
Base clock
4.00 GHz
Boost clock
4.00 GHz
TDP (design W)
—
Unlocked
✕ No
L2 cache
—
L3 cache
—
Technology (nm)
3 nm
3 nm (TSMC)

Platform

Socket
BGA (soldered SoC)
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✕ No
Integrated GPU
Adreno X2-85
Clock: 1,350 MHz
Memory type
LPDDR5X-9523 (128-bit)
Memory size
Up to 128 GB
ECC memory
—
PCIe
PCIe 5.0 (8 lanes) + 4.0 (4 lanes)

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions
Armv9.3-A (AArch64)SVESVE2SME-compatible matrix engineFP16BF16Armv8 Cryptographic ExtensionsPACBTI
NPU
Hexagon NPU — 80 TOPS

OS support

Notes
Ships with Windows 11 version 26H1, a release Microsoft preinstalls only on new Snapdragon X2 devices. Microsoft states that 26H1 devices will not move to the 26H2 feature update because 26H1 uses a different Windows core, and that they will receive an update path in a future release. Versions 24H2 and 25H2 are not offered, and Windows 10 is not supported. Linux support is being developed upstream but is not an officially supported configuration.
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