Asus finally revealed one of the first laptops with Qualcomm's powerful Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme CPU, and it already looks to be putting MacBook on notice in 2026.

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon X2 Plus for affordable Windows laptops, featuring 80 TOPS NPU, 3nm CPU, Wi-Fi 7, and improved battery efficiency.

The AMD Ryzen AI Max range gets two more entries, one of which looks perfect for the ultimate in handheld PC gaming PC gaming on Arm chips didn't quite happen in 2025, but the die is cast for an epic battle with x86 CPUs in the next few years Intel's new top-end Core Ultra Series 3 mobile chips promise up to 77% faster iGPU gaming performance than Lunar Lake,

At CES 2026, Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon X2 Plus, a new platform that brings artificial intelligence acceleration, long battery life and always-connected capabilities into a single, tightly integrated design.

TL;DR: Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is the fastest mobile processor, featuring third-gen Oryon CPU cores, an upgraded Adreno 840 GPU with 23% better gaming performance, and a Hexagon NPU with 37% improved AI efficiency. It supports 4K 120FPS video ...

With the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, Windows 11 on Arm is finally catching up with Apple's M4 lineup, and potentially challenging M5.

After announcing the high-end Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and X2 Elite processors last year, Qualcomm has now introduced the mid-range Snapdragon X2 Plus