Overview
- At CES 2026, Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon X2 family—Plus, Elite, and Elite Extreme—built on 3nm designs with a shared NPU rated around 80 trillion operations per second for local AI features.
- PCMag’s synthetic results, cited by Wccftech, show the X2 Plus trailing Apple’s M4 in four of five tests, with a narrow win only in Cinebench 2024 multi‑core.
- The benchmarks were run on a Qualcomm reference design rather than a retail laptop.
- Lenovo, HP, and Asus showcased or confirmed Snapdragon X2 laptops, including Lenovo’s Yoga Slim 7x and an Asus Zenbook configured with the X2 Elite Extreme.
- The Independent’s hands-on report notes responsive performance, quiet and cool operation under creative workloads, and early battery estimates ahead of most Windows machines, alongside Qualcomm’s ongoing Adobe collaboration for native app support.