Snapdragon X platform was launched in India on Monday. The most recent chipset by Qualcomm arrives because the fourth mannequin within the Snapdragon X collection, becoming a member of the Snapdragon X Elite, X Plus (10-core), and X Plus (octa-core) processors. The chipset is aimed toward inexpensive Copilot+ PCs priced underneath $600 (roughly Rs. 52,000), and was first unveiled on the Client Electronics Present (CES) 2025. Just like the opposite platforms within the collection, it additionally comes with synthetic intelligence (AI) efficiency with 45 trillion operations per second (TOPS).
Snapdragon X CPUs Launched in India
In a press launch, Qualcomm India introduced the launch of the inexpensive AI chipset for PCs and laptops. The X1-26-100 mannequin chip options eight Oryon CPU cores with a max clock velocity of as much as 3GHz. The 4nm Snapdragon X CPU is paired with a Qualcomm Adreno GPU with 1.7 tera floating-point operations per second (TFLOPS) that helps as much as three exterior shows at 4K/ 60Hz. It additionally comes with a devoted Hexagon neural processing unit (NPU) with as much as 45 TOPS of AI efficiency.
The Snapdragon X platform helps as much as 64GB of LPDDR5x RAM, with 135GB/s reminiscence bandwidth. The processor helps Home windows 11 with the on-device AI options which might be added on most Copilot+ PCs. It additionally gives assist for UFS 4.zero storage.
For connectivity, it helps 5G and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity, together with Excessive-Band Simultaneous (HBS) Multi-Hyperlink assist. The corporate claimed that the chipset will supply as much as 10Gbps obtain velocity. Snapdragon Sound Expertise Suite has been added to the platform to assist lossless audio for high-fidelity music with wi-fi headphones.
Additional, the Snapdragon X chipset helps the Cell Business Processor Interface (MIPI) digital camera together with options similar to auto-framing, background blur, and facial authentication. The corporate additionally claimed that the chipset has optimised efficiency to supply battery backup of a number of days.
Notably, the newly launched Snapdragon X processor will first be obtainable with the Asus Zenbook A14 and Vivobook 16 Copilot+ PCs, with a beginning worth of Rs. 65,990. Qualcomm India highlighted that different OEMs will quickly introduce extra laptops that includes this chipset.
