Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G Compute Platform

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Productivity from anywhere.

The Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 8cx Gen 2 5G compute platform combines the best of the smartphone with performance and efficiency for premium ultrathin laptops with an Always On, Always Connected PC* experience. Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 supports superior performance and multi-day battery life**, with 5G and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity speeds. Combined with advanced camera and audio, AI accelerated experiences, and enterprise-grade security, you can connect, create, and communicate from virtually anywhere.

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Extreme performance and battery life

The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G compute platform with a powerful Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU is engineered to provide superior performance and battery life that can last for up to 25+ continuous hours**, which is up to 2X as long as a traditional laptop. Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 supports incredible battery life and up to 50% greater total system performance than the competition***, so your laptop can last longer, and get things done faster.

Always On Always Connected* with 4G LTE, 5G, and Wi-Fi 6

Unleash multi-gigabit connectivity speeds with the Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF system, supporting 5G (sub-6 GHz and mmWave), 4G LTE, and Wi-Fi 6. Stay more securely connected, seamlessly switching between trusted Wi-Fi and cellular networks depending on location, and get accurate navigation and location-based services with location awareness. High speed connected computing for fast and efficient productivity and entertainment virtually anywhere.

Powerful graphics, advanced camera and audio

The Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G compute platform supports immersive graphics performance and hardware acceleration for enhanced video conferencing. Create, capture, edit, and stream in up to brilliant, 4K HDR and 32 MP camera. The integrated Qualcomm Aqstic™ echo cancellation and noise suppression (ECNS) Audio technology is designed to enable high-fidelity sound for an immersive video conferencing experience with dual 4K external monitor support for multi-tasking productivity.

AI acceleration for advanced applications and experience

The dedicated Qualcomm® AI Engine takes advantage of the highly integrated Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 architecture to deliver next-gen capabilities for intelligent camera, voice UI, security, and more to turn your PC into a hub of mobile productivity and entertainment.

Enterprise-grade security

Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 provides built-in security protections to help make passwords and log-ons protected and easy with full Windows 10 support, facial and fingerprint ID, and platform support for Windows Hypervisor and Secured-core PC. Cellular connectivity eliminates the need for relying on unsecure public Wi-Fi networks while allowing untethered, remote connection.

Features

Latest DirectX 12 API
Advanced Camera and Video capabilities: Cinema core with VP9 & H.265 decoder and 2nd Gen HDR Playback; High efficiency video encoder
Dual 4K external displays
Connected Standby / Instant On
Multi-gigabit speeds for virtually seamless cloud connectivity/computing: up to 2Gbps LTE
Location Aware for app accuracy
Wi-Fi: MU-MIMO, Multi-gigabit Wi-Fi 6, Dual-band simultaneous (DBS), Integrated baseband
4th Generation Qualcomm® AI Engine
Enhanced voice assistant experiences with Qualcomm Aqstic™ technology
Supports all versions of Windows 10 (Enterprise, Pro, Home) and Windows 11
Improved crypto-security
Remote management and location awareness for enterprise efficiency
Advanced location features:
- Low Power Geofencing and Tracking
- Sensor-assisted Navigation
- Pedestrian Navigation
Sensors: Qualcomm® Sensing Hub technology
Charging: Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4+ technology

Specifications

Storage

SSD/NVMe Interface

NVMe

UFS

UFS 3.0

Location

Location Support

Qualcomm® Location

Satellite Systems

GLONASS, Beidou, SBAS, GPS, QZSS, Galileo

Location and Global Emergency Services

LTE Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA), Assisted GPS

NFC

Near Field Communications

Supported

RF Front-End (RFFE) Features

High-power transmit (HPUE), Qualcomm® Adaptive Antenna Tuning

CPU

Clock Speed

3.15 GHz

Name

Qualcomm® Kryo™ 495

Number of Cores

Architecture

64-bit

***All comparisons made based on Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 reference laptop vs. Intel Core i5 L16G7-based laptop. Results will vary depending on OEM implementation and other factors.
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Product	CPU Clock Speed	Name	Number of Cores	Cache Capacity	GPU Name	NPU Name	Tera Operations Per Second	Location Satellite Systems	Cellular Modem-RF Modem Name	Peak Download Speed	Wi-Fi Standards	Spectral Bands	MIMO Configuration	Features	Bluetooth Specification Version
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Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 Compute Platform Active	—	Qualcomm® Kryo™	8	—	Qualcomm® Adreno™	—	—	—	Snapdragon® X53 5G Modem-RF System	Up to 3.7 Gbps	802.11a 802.11b 802.11g 802.11n 802.11ax	2.4 GHz 6 GHz 5 GHz	8x8	8x8 Sounding OFDMA (UL/DL) MU-MIMO (UL/DL)	Bluetooth® 5.2
Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Compute Platform	3 GHz	Qualcomm® Kryo™ Snapdragon® 8cx Gen 3	8	18 GB	Snapdragon® 8cx Gen 3 Qualcomm® Adreno™	Qualcomm® Hexagon™	15 TOPS	GLONASS QZSS Galileo Beidou SBAS GPS	Snapdragon™ X62 5G Modem-RF System Snapdragon™ X55 5G Modem-RF system Snapdragon™ X65 5G Modem-RF System	Up to 4.4 Gbps Up to 7.5 Gbps Up to 2.5 Gbps Up to 10 Gbps	802.11ax 802.11ad 802.11ac 802.11n 802.11g 802.11b 802.11a	6 GHz 5 GHz 2.4 GHz	2x2	—	Bluetooth® 5.1
Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G Compute Platform	3.15 GHz	Qualcomm® Kryo™ 495	8	—	Qualcomm® Adreno™	Qualcomm® Hexagon™	9 TOPS	GLONASS Beidou SBAS GPS QZSS Galileo	Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem Snapdragon™ X55 5G Modem-RF system	Up to 2 Gbps Up to 7 Gbps	802.11a 802.11b 802.11g 802.11n 802.11ac 802.11ad	2.4 GHz 5 GHz 60 GHz	2x2	—	Bluetooth® 5.1
Snapdragon 8c Compute Platform	Up to 2.45 GHz	Qualcomm® Kryo™ 490	8	—	Qualcomm® Adreno™ 675	—	—	GLONASS Beidou GPS QZSS Galileo	Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem	Up to 2 Gbps Up to 7 Gbps	802.11a 802.11b 802.11g 802.11n 802.11ac 802.11ad	2.4 GHz 5 GHz 60 GHz	2x2	—	Bluetooth® 5.0
Snapdragon 8cx Compute Platform	—	Qualcomm® Kryo™ 495	8	—	Qualcomm® Adreno™ 680	—	—	GLONASS Beidou SBAS GPS QZSS Galileo	Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem Snapdragon™ X55 5G Modem-RF system	Up to 2 Gbps Up to 7 Gbps	802.11a 802.11b 802.11g 802.11n 802.11ac 802.11ad	2.4 GHz 5 GHz 60 GHz	2x2	—	Bluetooth® 5.0

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