Last week, Qualcomm data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/qualcomms-new-snapdragon-x2-elite-extreme-and-elite-chips-for-pcs-stretch-up-to-a-record-5-ghz-3nm-arm-chips-sport-new-oryon-prime-cores” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/qualcomms-new-snapdragon-x2-elite-extreme-and-elite-chips-for-pcs-stretch-up-to-a-record-5-ghz-3nm-arm-chips-sport-new-oryon-prime-cores”>announced its upcoming Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme chips for laptops and compact desktops at its yearly summit in Maui. Some specs were revealed (the top-end Extreme model will pack 18 cores and a top clock speed of 5 GHz on two cores), and the company made lofty promises of up to 31% better performance while sipping 43% less power than its first-gen Snapdragon X silicon. But it didn’t showcase any benchmark numbers or back up those claims – until now.
We were at the…
