Credit: Supplied by Qualcomm
- Qualcomm has launched the Snapdragon X Plus 8-core processor for Windows PCs.
- This is the company’s least capable Snapdragon X processor.
- PCs powered by this chip will be available from $799.
The first Windows computers running Snapdragon X chips were launched back in June, featuring either Snapdragon X Elite or Snapdragon X Plus chipsets. These devices aren’t cheap, starting at ~$900 and higher. Now, Qualcomm has announced a new, less capable Snapdragon X processor aimed at slightly cheaper PCs.
The Snapdragon X Plus 8-core unsurprisingly differs from the standard Snapdragon X Plus chip by having eight CPU cores, while the standard chip has a 10-core CPU. The new chip also has less cache than the vanilla Snapdragon X Plus (30MB versus 42MB) and a weaker GPU (1.7 TFLOPs versus 3.8 TFLOPs). You’re still getting a processor built on a 4nm process, though.