More Snapdragon X CPU-powered laptops are surfacing with the latest one being the Microsoft Surface 6 & Dell Inspiron 14 series.
Microsoft Surface Laptop 6 Surfaces With Snapdragon X CPUs, Dell Also Readies New Inspirion Models Aiming The AI PC Segment
We have previously seen Lenovo and HP laptops powered by Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon X CPUs leak out. The company recently expanded its Snapdragon X CPU lineup with the new “X PLUS” variants which are the more mainstream offerings versus the higher-end “X ELITE” designs & we’re expecting to see these chips inside various laptop designs.
Let’s start with the Microsoft Surface Laptop 6 products which will come in 15″ & 13.5″ models. Both variants will feature the higher-end Snapdragon X Elite SKUs such as the X1E-84-100 and X1E-80-100.
The graphics chip will be based on the Qualcomm Adreno architecture and both models can be configured with a range of memory and storage configurations. For the 13.5″ variant, you get 8-16 GB of LPDDR5x memory and 256-512 GB SSD capacities while the 15″ variant gets you 8-16-32 GB LPDDR5x memory and 256-512-1024 GB SSD capacities.
Coming to the display, the Microsoft Surface Laptop 6 13.5″ variant will feature a 13.5″ PixelSense display with a maximum resolution of 2256 x 1504 (201 PPI) while the 15″ variant will feature a 15″ Pixel Sense Display with a maximum resolution of 2496 x 1664 (201 PPI). Both models will come in a 3:2 aspect ratio, feature a Corning Gorilla Glass 5 panel, and a maximum brightness of 400 nits. All models will have up to 21-22 hours of battery time in typical usage. I/O will include 2 USB Type-C 4.0 (TB4) ports, a single USB 3.1 Type-A port, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a Surface Connect port.
The Microsoft Surface Laptop 6 13.5″ variant will measure 308x223x16.7mm & weigh 1342 grams while the 15″ variant will measure 340x244x16.9mm & weigh 1592 grams. The prices of these models are yet to be detailed.
In addition to the Microsoft Surface Laptop 6 designs, Dell is also working on its own Inspiron 14 Plus laptops featuring the Snapdragon X Elite CPUs. One such model has been spotted within the Geekbench database with the X1E-80-100 12-core CPU, configured with 16 GB of LPDDR5x DRAM and it looks like we can expect more models, especially those based on the Snapdragon X Plus CPU models. Following are all the Snapdragon X CPU-powered laptops that we know about so far:
- HP Dragon Snapdragon Edition Business
- Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14 Snapdragon Edition
- Lenovo ThinkPad T14S “Snapdragon Edition”
- Microsoft Surface Pro 10 Laptop
- Microsoft Surface Laptop 6
- Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7441
Microsoft Surface Laptop 6 “Snapdragon X” CPU Specifications Leak (Source: jaybokhiria):
Qualcomm Snapdragon X CPU Lineup:
| CPU Name | Cores | Cache | 2-Core Boost / All-Core Boost | GPU TFLOPs | NPU TOPs | Memory Support | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X1E-84-100 | 12 | 42 MB | 4.2 – 3.8 GHz | 4.6 TFLOPs | 45 AI TOPS | LPDDR5x-8448 | 23-80W |
| X1E-80-100 | 12 | 42 MB | 4.0 – 3.4 GHz | 3.8 TFLOPs | 45 AI TOPS | LPDDR5x-8448 | 23-80W |
| X1E-78-100 | 12 | 42 MB | N/A – 3.4 GHz | 3.8 TFLOPs | 45 AI TOPS | LPDDR5x-8448 | 23-80W |
| X1P-64-100 | 10 | 42 MB | N/A – 3.4 GHz | 3.8 TFLOPs | 45 AI TOPS | LPDDR5x-8448 | 10-20W |
News Source: jaybokhiria