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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-80-100
The X2E-80-100 is the entry configuration of Qualcomm's second-generation Snapdragon X2 Elite family, announced in September 2025. It pairs six 4.7GHz Prime cores with six 3.4GHz Performance cores and an 80 TOPS NPU, and by 2026 had become the most common non-Extreme X2 Elite chip, appearing in Microsoft's Surface laptop and Lenovo's ThinkPad and Yoga Slim ranges.
Pros
- 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU comfortably clears Copilot+ AI requirements
- Prime cores boost to 4.7GHz, a large jump over the first Snapdragon X Elite generation
- Adopted across major OEM laptops at launch, including Microsoft Surface and Lenovo ThinkPad/Yoga Slim models
- 3nm process should improve efficiency over the first-generation Snapdragon X
Cons
- Sits well below the 18-core X2E-88-100/90-100 and X2 Elite Extreme chips in multi-core work
- Early benchmark samples are still limited, so real-world consistency across laptops is not yet well established
- Windows-on-Arm x86 emulation gaps remain for some games and legacy apps
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-80-100
General
- Announced
- 2025
- Process
- 3 nm
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 12
- Performance cores
- 6
- Efficiency cores
- 6
- Threads
- 12
- Base clock
- 4 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.7 GHz
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Qualcomm Adreno X2-85
- iGPU clock
- 1,700 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-9523
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 3,811Top 9%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 16,041Top 22%
- PassMark
- 27,909Top 27%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 2,605Top 28%
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-80-100 good in 2026?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-80-100 earns an Inno Score of 67.1/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The X2E-80-100 is the entry configuration of Qualcomm's second-generation Snapdragon X2 Elite family, announced in September 2025. It pairs six 4.7GHz Prime cores with six 3.4GHz Performance cores and an 80 TOPS NPU, and by 2026 had become the most common non-Extreme X2 Elite chip, appearing in Microsoft's Surface laptop and Lenovo's ThinkPad and Yoga Slim ranges.
Does the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-80-100 count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 27,909 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier A of our CPU tier checker: current Core i7 H / Core Ultra 7 / Ryzen 7 class and above. It is an Arm-based chip, so a requirement that asks specifically for an Intel or AMD (x86-64) processor excludes it. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-80-100?
Cores: 12 · Threads: 12 · Boost clock: 4.7 GHz
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-80-100?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, Intel Core Ultra 9 285H — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
