--- title: "Empowering Professionals and Aspiring Creators, Snapdragon X2 Plus Delivers Multi-day Battery Life, Fast Performance and Advanced AI" url: "https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/01/empowering-professionals-and-aspiring-creators--snapdragon-x2-pl" description: "Snapdragon X2 Plus delivers fast performance, multi‑day battery life, and built‑in AI for professionals, creators, and everyday users. Powered by the 3rd Gen Qualcomm Oryon™ CPU and an 80 TOPS NPU, it expands access to premium Windows 11 Copilot+ PC experiences. Devices from leading OEMs are expected in 1H26." publishedDate: "Jan 5, 2026" location: "LAS VEGAS" newsroomType: "Press Note" canonicalUrl: "https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/01/empowering-professionals-and-aspiring-creators--snapdragon-x2-pl" tags: ["CES", "PC", "AI"] --- # Empowering Professionals and Aspiring Creators, Snapdragon X2 Plus Delivers Multi-day Battery Life, Fast Performance and Advanced AI Press Note | Jan 5, 2026 | LAS VEGAS ![Qualcomm-image](https://s7d1.scene7.com/is/image/dmqualcommprod/SnapdragonX2Plus?$QC_Responsive$&fmt=png-alpha&wid=814) **Highlights:** - Snapdragon® X2 Plus transforms every click and every moment for modern professionals, aspiring creators and everyday users, delivering speed, multi-day battery life and built-in AI features. - Representing a bold leap forward, the newest entrant in the Snapdragon X Series platform broadens access to the advanced performance and premium experiences consumers and businesses expect, expanding the growing Windows 11 Copilot+ PC community. - Snapdragon X2 Plus harnesses the power of the 3rd Gen Qualcomm Oryon™ CPU and an 80 TOPS NPU, with select devices from leading OEMs available for purchase in 1H26. At CES, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced the Snapdragon X2 Plus platform, the newest entrant to Snapdragon X Series. A bold leap forward, it transforms every click and every moment for modern professionals, aspiring creators and everyday users seeking a fast, responsive and portable device with multi-day battery life. With the launch of Snapdragon X2 Plus, Qualcomm Technologies expands the power of Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs across its Snapdragon X Series with select devices from leading OEMs available for purchase in 1H26. **Consumers set the pace. Snapdragon X2 Plus sets the bar.** Modern professionals, aspiring creators and everyday users expect their PCs to keep up with them–from speed to multi-day battery life to built-in AI features. Designed to surpass their pace, Snapdragon X2 Plus delivers lightning-fast performance and fluid multitasking in sleek, ultra-portable Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs. Consumers can shift from data-intensive analysis to creative design or video calls without compromise. This is where Snapdragon X2 Plus sets the bar. The 3rd Gen Qualcomm Oryon™ CPU delivers up to 35% faster CPU single-core performance than the previous generation, while using 43% less power than the previous generation. An integrated Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU delivers 80 TOPS of AI performance for next-generation agentic experiences and seamless multitasking. With blazing connectivity through Wi-Fi 7, optional 5G, and advanced security from Snapdragon® Guardian, consumers can stay on-the-go and in the flow. ![Qualcomm-image](https://s7d1.scene7.com/is/image/dmqualcommprod/SnapdragonX2PlusInfographic?$QC_Responsive$&fmt=png-alpha&wid=814) "Modern professionals and creators want to do more, create more, and push the limits of generative AI and all-day performance. Snapdragon X2 Plus platform delivers the power, efficiency and intelligence to surpass their ambitions, making each experience more responsive and personal," said Kedar Kondap, senior vice president and general manager, computing and gaming, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Access the Press Kit [here](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/press-kits/ces-2026-press-kit) and visit Qualcomm booth at #5001 in LVCC West Hall. For more information about Snapdragon X2 Plus, please visit the [webpage](https://www.qualcomm.com/laptops/products/snapdragon-x2-plus) and [product brief](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/images/company/news-media/media-center/press-kits/ces-2026/documents/ProductBrief_SnapdragonX2Plus.pdf). ## About Qualcomm Qualcomm relentlessly innovates to deliver intelligent computing everywhere, helping the world tackle some of its most important challenges. Building on our 40 years of technology leadership in creating era-defining breakthroughs, we deliver a broad portfolio of solutions built with our leading-edge AI, high-performance, low-power computing, and unrivaled connectivity. Our Snapdragon® platforms power extraordinary consumer experiences, and our Qualcomm Dragonwing™ products empower businesses and industries to scale to new heights. Together with our ecosystem partners, we enable next-generation digital transformation to enrich lives, improve businesses, and advance societies. At Qualcomm, we are engineering human progress. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of our engineering and research and development functions and substantially all of our products and services businesses, including our QCT semiconductor business. 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Qualcomm, Qualcomm Dragonwing and Snapdragon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. ## Contact Information **Brett Simpson** Investor Relations 1-858-658-4813 [ir@qualcomm.com](mailto:ir@qualcomm.com) **Clare Conley** Media Relations 1-858-845-5959 [corpcomm@qualcomm.com](mailto:corpcomm@qualcomm.com) ## Related Press Releases [Snapdragon Leads the Agentic AI Age with Two of the World's Fastest Mobile SoCs Powering the Next Generation of Smartphones](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/snapdragon-leads-the-agentic-ai-age-with-two-of-the-world-s-fast) Press Note | Sep 22, 2026 Tags: [Snapdragon Summit](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Snapdragon%20Summit) | [Snapdragon Mobile Platform](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Snapdragon%20Mobile%20Platform) | [AI](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=AI) [Snapdragon X Series Powers Googlebook: the First Laptops Designed for Gemini Intelligence](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/snapdragon-x-series-powers-googlebook--the-first-laptops-designe) Press Note | Sep 21, 2026 Tags: [Snapdragon X Elite](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Snapdragon%20X%20Elite) | [Snapdragon](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Snapdragon) | [PC](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=PC) [Qualcomm Announces Multi-Generational Product Collaboration with Amazon to Build Next-Generation AI Data Center Infrastructure](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/qualcomm-announces-multi-generational-product-collaboration-with) Press Release | Sep 8, 2026 Tags: [Data Center](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Data%20Center) | [AI Infrastructure](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=AI%20Infrastructure) | [AI](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=AI) [Qualcomm Introduces Dragonwing Q-2390 and IQ-2390 Processors, Expanding Access to Intelligent Connected Devices](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/-qualcomm-introduces-dragonwing-q-2390-and-iq-2390-processors--e) Press Note | Sep 1, 2026 Tags: [IoT](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=IoT) [Adobe Becomes First Global Software Company to Migrate AI Workloads onto HUMAIN Platform, Accelerated by Qualcomm](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/08/adobe-becomes-first-global-software-company-to-migrate-ai-worklo) Press Note | Aug 31, 2026 Tags: [Data Center](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Data%20Center) | [Dragonfly](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=Dragonfly) | [AI](https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases?tags=AI)