Qualcomm‘s ARM-based Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus powered laptops started shipping earlier this year with incredible battery life and power efficiency improvements. In the latest news, the next generation “Snapdragon X2” CPUs surfaces on the internet with some key details.
The company is currently preparing the X2 CPUs for testing and WinFuture has reportedly spotted “the first evidence of a new high-end version.”
All versions of the 12-core Snapdragon X Elite have the same internal model number “SC8380XP”. The source has found a new chip with the model number “SC8480XP” databases, which according to them, will be called “Snapdragon X2 Elite”.
Ealy versions of Snapdragon X2 Elite were tested as early as in July
WinFuture further reveals that Qualcomm first tested early versions of the “SC8480XP” chip (codenamed “Project Glymur”) during July and August of this year. However, no numbers are available at this moment.
That said, no information is currently available about the clock speed and number of cores in SC8480XP. However, the word “Glymur” in the codename “Project Glymur” hints at significant improvements as it is the name of the second-highest waterfall in Iceland.
So far, Qualcomm has almost exclusively used places or sights in Hawaii as code names for its smartphone and PC processors. It will be interesting to see whether the change in the choice of code names is worth anything.
Qualcomm may complete its development of “Project Glymur” or the “SC8480XP” sometime in 2025.
While the existing Snapdragon X Elite focuses on single-core CPU performance, the multi-core and graphics performance are relatively less impressive and inferior to the Apple M4. The launch of XElite and X Plus chips for Windows PCs has also prompted Intel and AMD to come up with chips that combine stronger CPUs, integrated GPUs, and NPUs.
Qualcomm will likely build upon the momentum and try its best to compete with the latest Apple Silicon both in terms of computing and power efficiency.
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