Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1-26-100

The 8-core Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) is an affordable ARM architecture processor for use in Windows laptops. Unveiled in Jan 2025, this Qualcomm SoC features 8 Oryon CPU cores running at up to 2.98 GHz, along with the 1.7 TFLOPS X1-45 iGPU and the 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU. The super-fast LPDDR5x-8448 memory controller, USB 4.0 support, TB 4 support and PCIe 4 support are all onboard as well.

Architecture and Features

The Oryon cores (2 clusters of essentially identical cores; 8 threads) are mostly based on Nuvia IP and reportedly make use of the ARM v8.7 microarchitecture. Much like modern AMD and Intel processors, the Snapdragon chip is compatible with USB 4 and thus with Thunderbolt 4 (with no eGPU support).

The X1-26-100 is based on the smaller die codenamed Purwa, unlike most X Elite and some X Plus processors. It is believed to have at least 8 PCIe 4 and 4 PCIe 3 lanes for connecting various kinds of devices. NVMe SSDs are supported with a throughput of up to 7.9 GB/s; furthermore, most laptops built around the chip are expected to have 16 GB of LPDDR5x-8448 RAM. There is also a 45 TOPS NPU present for accelerating AI workloads.

Performance

The CPU should be about 10% slower than its faster brother named X1P-42 due to the latter's higher CPU clock speeds. Generally speaking, a performance level similar to recent U-class Intel Core 5 chips is to be expected.

Graphics

The X1-45 used here delivers up to 1.7 TFLOPS of performance. Unlike the much faster 3.8 TFLOPS and 4.6 TFLOPS X1-85 iGPUs, this little guy here has much fewer unified shaders and runs at lower clock speeds, too. Games put it a little behind the GeForce MX350; this kind of performance is sufficient for older games and sub-900p resolutions only.

AVC, HEVC and AV1 video codecs can be both hardware-decoded and hardware-encoded whereas with VP9, only decoding is possible. The highest monitor resolution supported is UHD 2160p.

Power consumption

Expect to see anything between 15 W and 30 W under long-term workloads depending on the system and the power profile chosen. The number includes RAM power consumption.

The SoC is built with TSMC's N4P process for decent power efficiency, as of H1 2025.

Codename	Oryon
Series	Qualcomm Snapdragon X
Series: Snapdragon X Oryon Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-00-1DE 3.8 - 4.3 GHz 12 / 12  6 MB L3 Oryon Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 3.8 - 4.2 GHz 12 / 12  6 MB L3 Oryon Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100 - 4 GHz 12 / 12  6 MB L3 Oryon Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100 - 3.4 GHz 12 / 12  6 MB L3 Oryon Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100 - 3.4 GHz 10 / 10  6 MB L3 Oryon Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-46-100 - 4 GHz 8 / 8  6 MB L3 Oryon Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 - 3.4 GHz 8 / 8  6 MB L3 Oryon Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1-26-100 « - 2.98 GHz 8 / 8  6 MB L3 Oryon
Clock Rate	<=2980 MHz
Level 1 Cache	2.3 MB
Level 2 Cache	12 MB
Level 3 Cache	6 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	8 / 8 8 x 3.0 GHz Qualcomm Oryon
Manufacturing Technology	4 nm
GPU	Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	ARM
Announcement Date	01/07/2025
Product Link (external)	www.qualcomm.com

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