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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-42-100
The X2P-42-100 is the six-core Snapdragon X2 Plus, a 3 nm Arm laptop chip announced at CES 2026. It pairs six Oryon prime cores boosting to 4.0 GHz with 22 MB of total cache, an Adreno X2-45 GPU clocked at 0.91 GHz and an 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU. Microsoft's Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch 2nd Editions use it.
Pros
- Six Oryon prime cores boost to 4.0 GHz, with the same 4.0 GHz all-core maximum Qualcomm lists for the 10-core X2 Plus
- 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU for Copilot+ PC AI features
- 128-bit LPDDR5x-9523 memory with 152 GB/s of bandwidth and support for up to 128 GB
- Platform supports USB4, Wi-Fi 7 and up to three external displays
Cons
- Six cores and no Performance cores, so multi-core throughput sits below the 10-core X2 Plus and the 12-core X2 Elite chips
- Adreno X2-45 GPU runs at about 0.91 GHz here, versus 1.7 GHz on the 10-core X2 Plus
- Windows on Arm runs x86 desktop apps through emulation, so compatibility and speed vary by application
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-42-100
General
- Announced
- 2026
- Process
- 3 nm
- Max TDP
- 22 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 6
- Performance cores
- 6
- Efficiency cores
- 0
- Threads
- 6
- Boost clock
- 4 GHz
- L3 cache
- 6 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Qualcomm Adreno X2-45
- iGPU clock
- 910 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5x-9523
- Max memory
- 128 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 3,209Top 9%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 12,011Top 45%
- PassMark
- 17,441Bottom 37%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 4,004Top 27%
Devices with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-42-100
2 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-42-100 good in 2026?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-42-100 earns an Inno Score of 59.4/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The X2P-42-100 is the six-core Snapdragon X2 Plus, a 3 nm Arm laptop chip announced at CES 2026. It pairs six Oryon prime cores boosting to 4.0 GHz with 22 MB of total cache, an Adreno X2-45 GPU clocked at 0.91 GHz and an 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU. Microsoft's Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch 2nd Editions use it.
Does the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-42-100 count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 17,441 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26–Oct 8, 2026), which puts it in Tier B of our CPU tier checker: recent mainstream Core i7 / Ryzen 7, plus older H-series chips. 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.
Which devices use the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-42-100?
2 devices in our catalog use the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-42-100: Surface Pro 12-inch (2nd Edition), Microsoft Surface Laptop 13-inch (2nd Edition).
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-42-100?
Cores: 6 · Threads: 6 · Boost clock: 4 GHz
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-42-100?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, Apple M2 Max (12-core) — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
