Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E 96 100) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Which One is Better

General Parameters

Release Date

Sep 2025

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Manufacturer

Qualcomm

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Type

Laptop

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Instruction Set

ARMv9

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Core Architecture

Snapdragon X

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Processor Number

X2-96-100

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Integrated Graphics

Adreno X2-90

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Package

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

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Socket

Custom

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Power Consumption

96 W

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CPU Performance

Performance Cores

18

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Performance Core Threads

18

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Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

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Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

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Total Core Count

18

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Total Thread Count

18

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Bus Frequency

100 MHz

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Multiplier

30

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Unlocked Multiplier

No

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Memory Parameters

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-9523

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Max Memory Bandwidth

228 GB/s

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ECC Memory Support

No

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Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

true

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GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1850 MHz

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Shader Units

2048

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Texture Units

128

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Raster Operation Units

64

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Execution Units

12

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Miscellaneous

Official Website

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PCIe Version

5.0

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CPU

Architecture

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1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X32x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7152x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7103x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510

Frequency

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3200 MHz

Cores

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8

Instruction set

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ARMv9-A

L2 cache

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0

L3 cache

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0

Process

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4 nm

TDP

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6.3 W

Manufacturing

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TSMC

Graphics

GPU name

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Adreno 740

GPU frequency

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680 MHz

Execution units

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2

Shading units

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1280

Vulkan version

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1.3

OpenCL version

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2.0

DirectX version

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12.1

Memory

Memory Type

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LPDDR5X

Memory frequency

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4200 MHz

Bus

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4x 16 Bit

Max bandwidth

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64 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)

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Hexagon

Storage type

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UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0

Max display resolution

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3840 x 2160

Max camera resolution

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1x 200MP

Video capture

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8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video playback

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8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video codecs

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H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9

Audio codecs

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AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support

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LTE Cat. 24

5G support

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Yes

Download speed

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Up to 10000 Mbps

Upload speed

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Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi

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7

Bluetooth

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5.3

Navigation

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GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced

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Nov 2022

Class

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Flagship

Model number

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SM8550-AB

Official page

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📊 Benchmark

Geekbench 6

4,003

2,004

Geekbench 6

23,081

5,344

AnTuTu 10

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1,534,534

FP32 (float)

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3,481