Qualcomm introduced two Snapdragon X Plus series PC processors – eight-core X1P-46-100 and X1P-42-100. These chips are intended for use in more affordable laptops in the Copilot Plus PC ecosystem, unlike the previously released premium Snapdragon X Elite models.
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Like the older Snapdragon X Elite, the new eight-core Snapdragon X Plus chips are equipped with a built-in AI engine (NPU) with a performance of 45 TOPS (trillion operations per second). However, they received significantly less powerful integrated graphics.
The Snapdragon X Plus X1P-46-100 processor is compared with the Intel Core Ultra 5 125U and AMD Ryzen 5 8640U. According to Qualcomm, its chip delivers up to 79% faster single-core performance and 40% faster multi-core performance compared to AMD and Intel solutions at TDPs from 10 to 20 W.
However, at higher power consumption values, the Snapdragon X Plus, like the Snapdragon X Elite, is inferior to its competitors. Note that the X1P-46-100 is capable of automatic overclocking to 4.0 GHz on a single core or up to 3.4 GHz on all cores, and the X1P-42-100 is overclocked to 3.4 GHz on a single core and up to 3.2 GHz on all cores.
Qualcomm also claims that the integrated graphics of the Snapdragon X Plus X1P-46-100 processor are 65-100% faster than the Radeon 760M and the integrated graphics of the Core Ultra 5 125U with four Intel Iris Xe compute units. The GPU performance of the Snapdragon X Plus X1P-46-100 chip is 2.1 Tflops, while the X1P-42-100 model has 1.7 Tflops. For comparison, the 10-core X1P-66-100 is equipped with a GPU with a performance of 3.8 teraflops.
Qualcomm emphasizes that its processors are more energy efficient and provide longer laptop battery life than competitors for a variety of work and entertainment tasks. The Snapdragon X Plus X1P-46-100 can theoretically provide 36-100% more battery life compared to Intel Meteor Lake-based laptops. However, the situation may be different with Intel’s latest Lunar Lake chips, as Intel says laptops powered by these chips will be able to last up to two days on battery life. AMD Strix Point processors lose in energy efficiency because they are more power hungry compared to Intel and Qualcomm solutions.
Specifications of the Snapdragon X Plus X1P-46-100 and X1P-44-100 processors include support for three USB 4.0 ports, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4 and Bluetooth LE, up to 64 GB of eight-channel LPDDR5X-8488 RAM and the ability to display images on three monitors with 4K resolution and 60 Hz (two with HDR). Laptop manufacturers can also optionally equip their solutions based on Qualcomm processors with an X65 5G modem.
Laptops powered by the new Snapdragon X Plus will go on sale today starting at $799.