The Qualcomm Snapdragon X lineup was launched a few months back and had a lot of momentum riding its back with the expectations of a solid AI PC experience with a strong CPU and GPU combo.
While the hype was strong, initial reviews & performance results were a little bit short with the IPC improvements, single-core performance, & efficiency/battery life being regarded as the highlights while the multi-core, graphics performance was a bit lackluster. The company did offer a solid array of solutions available at different price points ranging from 12, 10, and the most recent 8-core SoCs within its X Elite and X Plus families.
The first generation Snapdragon lineup featured the Oryon core architecture and we just saw a detailed die shot which you can check out here.
Since then, x86 players such as AMD and Intel have come back hard with strong offerings in the form of Ryzen AI 300 “Strix” and Core Ultra 200V “Lunar Lake” SoCs. These offer improved NPUs, strong CPU cores, and incredible integrated GPUs that offer some of the best performance in the market. Knowing this, it looks like Qualcomm is going to continue to build upon the momentum that kicked off with the first-generation Snapdragon X family and is already testing the next-gen Snapdragon X2 (placeholder name) SoCs.
According to Winfuture, Qualcomm has been testing the next-gen Snapdragon X2 SoCs for quite some time. It is reported that internal databases show that the SC8480XP SOCs, which utilize the “Glymur” or “Project Glymur” codename, were tested in July and August so Q3 2024. It should be remembered that the current generation of Snapdragon X SoCs have an internal model number “SC8380XP” and are codenamed “Hamoa”.
Furthermore, it is stated that Qualcomm is still in the very early stage of testing its next-gen SoCs as the development boards can be equipped with variations of NAND and memory components. This is similar to RVPs or EVPs which are early evaluation platforms designed to test samples before the official spec is finalized.
Through an earlier Dell XPS leak, it was confirmed that Qualcomm is working on at least two next-gen variants of the Oryon CPU architecture which will be featured in Snapdragon X-based AI PCs. These include the Snapdragon X V2 which is planned for launch around mid 2025 and the follow-up, the Snapdragon V3, is expected to arrive by Q4 2027. These are preliminary timelines but since the leak comes from Dell, a major partner of Qualcomm, we can say for sure that Qualcomm has its new SoCs in the works.
The tech outlet also reports that a new entry-level variant in the Snapdragon X Plus lineup is also being prepped which will be tagged as the “X1P-24-100”. This should retain an 8-core design but we can expect lower clocks or GPU performance. With that said, we look forward to how Qualcomm can further refine its Snapdragon X lineups in the future for PCs.