Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G Compute Platform
Productivity from anywhere.
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 ....
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 ....
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 an....
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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G Compute Platform: Sizzle Video
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Features
Latest irectX 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)
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
5G
5G Chipset: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X55 Modem-RF System
5G Technology: 5G NR
5G Peak Upload Speed: 3 Gbps
5G Spectrum: 5G/4G spectrum sharing, mmWave, sub-6 GHz
5G Modes: TDD, SA (standalone), NSA (non-standalone), FDD
5G RF: Adaptive antenna tuning, 100 MHz envelope tracking
5G mmWave specs: 800 MHz bandwidth, 8 carriers, 2x2 MIMO
5G sub-6 GHz specs: 200 MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO
5G Peak Download Speed: 7 Gbps
CPU
CPU Cores: Qualcomm® Kryo™ 495 CPU, Octa-core CPU
CPU Architecture: 64-bit
Process
Process Technology: 7 nm
DSP
DSP Technology: Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 690 Processor, Qualcomm All-Ways Aware™ technology
Cellular Modem
Modem Name: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem
LTE Category
Downlink LTE Category: LTE Category 20
LTE Downlink Features
Downlink LTE Streams: Maximum 20 spatial streams
Downlink Carrier Aggregation: 7x20 MHz carrier aggregation
Downlink LTE MIMO: Up to 4x4 MIMO on five carriers, Full-Dimension MIMO (FD-MIMO)
Downlink QAM: Up to 256-QAM
LTE Uplink Features
Uplink Technology: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Upload+, Uplink Data Compression (UDC)
Uplink Carrier Aggregation: 3x20 MHz carrier aggregation
Uplink LTE Streams: Up to 2x 106Mbps LTE streams
Uplink QAM: Up to 256-QAM
LTE Speed
LTE Peak Download Speed: 2 Gbps
LTE Peak Upload Speed: 316 Mbps
Cellular Technology
Cellular Technology: WCDMA (DB-DC-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA), TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE
LTE Technology: LTE FDD, LTE TDD including CBRS support, LAA, LTE Broadcast
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi Standards: 802.11ad, 802.11ac Wave 2, 802.11a/b/g, 802.11n
Wi-Fi Spectral Bands: 2.4GHz, 5GHz, 60GHz
MIMO Configuration: 2x2 (2-stream)
Bluetooth
Bluetooth Version: Bluetooth 5.1
NFC
Near Field Communications: Supported
Location
Satellite Systems Support: Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, QZSS, SBAS
Location Support: Qualcomm® Location
Global Emergency Services Support: Assisted GPS, OTDOA (LTE-based positioning)
RF
RFFE: Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution, High-power transmit (HPUE), Qualcomm® Adaptive Antenna Tuning
USB
USB Version: USB 3.1
Camera
Image Signal Processor: Qualcomm Spectra™ 390 image signal processor, Dual 14-bit ISPs
Dual Camera: Up to 16 MP
Single Camera: Up to 32 MP
Video Capture (30 FPS): 4K HDR video capture, 4K Ultra HD video capture
Slow Motion Video Capture: 720p @ 480 FPS
Video
Video Playback: Up 4K HDR @ 120fps
Codec Support: H.265 (HEVC), H.264 (AVC), VP9
Video Software: Rec. 2020 color gamut video capture, Up to 10-bits per color video capture
Display
Max On-Device Display: 4K Ultra HD
Max External Display: Two 4K Displays over DP-MST
General Audio
Audio Technology: Qualcomm TrueWireless™ Technology, Qualcomm® Broadcast Audio technology, Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology, Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology
Qualcomm® aptX™ audio playback support: Qualcomm® aptX™, Qualcomm® aptX™ HD
Audio Playback
Channel output: Surround Sound
Speaker protection: Speaker protection
GPU
GPU Name: Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU
API Support: DX12
Charging
Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ Technology Support: Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4+ technology
Memory
Memory speed: 2133MHz
Memory Type: LPDDR4x, 8 channels
Storage
SSD: NVME SSD
UFS: UFS 3.0
***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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Qualcomm Spectra, Qualcomm Kryo, Hexagon, Qualcomm TrueWireless, Qualcomm Location, Qualcomm Quick Charge, Qualcomm Sensing Hub, Qualcomm aptX, and Qualcomm Snapdragon Upload+ are products of Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
Qualcomm, Snapdragon, Kryo, Adreno, Qualcomm Spectra, Qualcomm TrueWireless, Qualcomm Aqstic, Quick Charge and Hexagon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. aptX is a trademark of Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd. Other products and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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