Qualcomm's slowest Snapdragon X Plus CPU quietly sneaks into the market — X1P-42-100 features eight cores up to 3.4 GHz, 1.7 TFLOPS GPU, and 45 TOPS NPU

Snapdragon X Plus.

Qualcomm and its partners have quietly started shipping systems based on the company's entry-level Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 processor. The CPU is not only the cheapest in the Snapdragon X lineup yet, but it also happens to support device TDP of up to 20W, making it Qualcomm's lowest-power PC processor. However, that lower power comes with significant performance tradeoffs, as reported by VideoCardz.

While Qualcomm's 12-core Snapdragon X Elite processors are aimed at ultra-high-end mobile devices that cost $1,500 and over and feature a 23W or 80W 'device TDP,' the Snapdragon X Plus with eight or ten cores is designed for mainstream devices that are significantly cheaper. In fact, Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm's chief executive, recently said that his company expects Snapdragon X to power PCs that cost $700.