Qualcomm has announced its new Snapdragon X chip in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025. The new chip is the fourth addition to the Snapdragon X Series of Windows on Arm PC chips. The processor is aimed at “students, freelance workers, and budget-conscious consumers,” with laptops starting in the $600 range.
The Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) chip is a slightly toned-down Snapdragon X Plus design with the same 8-core count but maxes out at 3.0 GHz (CPU) with no boost and 1.7 TFLOPS (GPU). Meanwhile, the Snapdragon X Plus series ranges from 3.2 to 3.4 GHz with boosts up to 4.0 GHz for one SKU, and the GPUs range from 1.7 to 3.8 TFLOPs.
