It’s set to slice up the AI PC competition at $700-$900
Not to be outshined by Intel’s Lunar Lake launch, Qualcomm on Wednesday rolled out a pair of slimmed-down X chips aimed at cheaper Copilot+ PCs.
Launched ahead of the IFA conference in Berlin, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Plus 8-core features two fewer Oryon cores than the original X Plus launched alongside its flagship X Elite parts back in May.
Despite the lower core count, Qualcomm claims the chips are still plenty potent, boasting up to 61 percent higher single core performance in Geekbench 6.2 compared to Intel’s older 12-core Core Ultra 7 155U.
More importantly, the chips boast the same 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU as their siblings, which Qualcomm says will allow them to meet Microsoft’s 40 TOPS performance target while undercutting the competition with AI PCs ranging from $700-$900.
The 8-core parts will be available in two SKUs: one clocked at 3.
