Snapdragon X Elite laptop CPU

February 8, 2026

Laptops with the Snapdragon X Elite CPU widely emerged in 2024. Certain benchmarks show performance comparable with the Apple M3 CPU. The Snapdragon X2 Elite CPU is available in laptops emerging in 2026, and surpasses the Apple M5 in some benchmarks. Windows 11 24H2 added Prism x86-64 emulation like Rosetta on macOS but tuned for Snapdragon X CPUs, offering significant performance improvements for x86-64 applications on ARM-based laptops.