Are we about to see Snapdragon X Plus revealed? Qualcomm teaser suggests
Apple could have more to worry about than Elite CPU

Date:
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:58:06 +0000

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It seems Qualcomms plans to beat the M3 extend beyond the Snapdragon X Elite.

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Qualcomm has teased that an announcement is coming for its inbound Snapdragon X ARM-based chip, silicon that has been causing a great deal of excitement of late as a potential Apple M3-beater (and for other reasons besides).

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the company offered up a short video clip showing a chip with an X logo, so clearly, this is the Snapdragon SoC, with Qualcomm noting that therell be an announcement on April 24. Stay tuned for 4/24. pic.twitter.com/8SQ6SfZPT8 April 18, 2024 See more

Okay, so should we prepare for more stoking of hype with the Snapdragon X Elite, then? Well, weve already seen and heard a lot about the Elite, of course, and its hardly a new star on the CPU scene so that doesnt seem like it would require an event with an exciting, video-led teaser on a major
social media platform.

So, what could this revelation coming next week be, exactly? Lets dig into
the possibilities a bit more. Analysis: Qualcomms Plus one?

As mentioned, the Snapdragon X Elite is kind of old news at this point it
has been doing the marketing circuit, as it were, since October 2023 , and we just got to go hands-on with the SoC to boot (and it plays Baldurs Gate 3 a treat, as we discovered ). Although maybe Qualcomm is going to unveil some
new laptops from partners with the X Elite inside? ( Other models not yet shown, perhaps? ).

What seems much more likely than anything to do with the Elite, though, is another well-traveled rumor: the Snapdragon X Plus SoCs. Yes, the Elite isnt going to be the only chip that Qualcomm is bringing out, and at least if the grapevine is right, therell also be the X Plus with variants of both Elite and Plus CPUs therein.

As VideoCardz , which spotted the teaser video on X, points out, the expectation is that therell be four variants of the Snapdragon X Elite and four spins on the Snapdragon X Plus, with the former topping out at 12-cores, and the latter 10-cores.

The Plus chips should still be pretty peppy, then, if not quite up to the muscle offered by the Elite CPUs, naturally. This will give laptop makers a wide span of silicon to choose from to drive thin-and-light laptops of the ARM-based variety, in theory but we should stress the Plus variants remain just a rumor for now. Albeit a much-talked about rumor, so much so that wed
be surprised if nothing came of them.

With this being a sizeable announcement, given the video trailer which clearly makes an effort to build some tension and anticipation the
revelation of Snapdragon X Plus seems like the most probable possibility for next weeks announcement. You might also like... Windows 11 remains an unloved OS but why won't people upgrade? You can now run Windows 11 seamlessly on Apple silicon Macs Dont make these 5 big mistakes when using Windows 11



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