Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-88-100 vs HiSilicon Kirin 960

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SOC Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-88-100 Qualcomm · 2025-09

SOC HiSilicon Kirin 960

General Parameters

Release Date

Sep 2025

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Manufacturer

Qualcomm

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Type

Laptop

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Instruction Set

ARMv9

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Core Architecture

Snapdragon X

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Processor Number

X2-88-100

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Integrated Graphics

Adreno X2-90

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Package

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

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Socket

Custom

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Power Consumption

23 W

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Max Turbo Power Consumption

80 W

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CPU Performance

Performance Cores

6

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Performance Core Threads

6

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Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

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Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

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Efficiency Cores

12

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Efficiency Core Threads

12

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Efficiency Core Base Frequency

3.6

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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

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Total Core Count

18

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Total Thread Count

18

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Bus Frequency

100 MHz

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Multiplier

30

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L3 Cache

53 MB

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Unlocked Multiplier

No

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Memory Parameters

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-9523

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Max Memory Size

128 GB

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Max Memory Channels

8

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Max Memory Bandwidth

152 GB/s

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ECC Memory Support

No

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Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

true

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GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1700 MHz

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Shader Units

1536

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Texture Units

96

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Raster Operation Units

48

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Execution Units

6

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AI Accelerator

NPU

Qualcomm Hexagon NPU

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Theoretical performance

80 TOPS

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Miscellaneous

Official Website

↗

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PCIe Version

5.0

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PCIe Lanes

16

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CPU

Architecture

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4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A53

Frequency

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2360 MHz

Cores

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8

Instruction set

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ARMv8-A

L1 cache

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64 KB

L2 cache

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0

Process

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16 nm

Transistor count

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4

TDP

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5 W

Manufacturing

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TSMC

Graphics

GPU name

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Mali-G71 MP8

GPU frequency

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1037 MHz

Execution units

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8

Shading units

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16

Vulkan version

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1.3

OpenCL version

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2.0

DirectX version

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11.3

Memory

Memory Type

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LPDDR4

Memory frequency

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1600 MHz

Bus

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2x 32 Bit

Max bandwidth

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28.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)

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No

Storage type

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eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1

Max display resolution

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2560 x 1600

Max camera resolution

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2x 16MP

Video capture

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4K at 30FPS

Video playback

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4K at 30FPS

Video codecs

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H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

Audio codecs

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AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support

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LTE Cat. 12

5G support

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No

Download speed

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Up to 600 Mbps

Upload speed

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Up to 150 Mbps

Wi-Fi

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5

Bluetooth

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4.2

Navigation

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GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced

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Oct 2016

Class

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Flagship

Model number

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Hi3660

Benchmark

Cinebench R23

2,006

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Cinebench R23

20,200

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Geekbench 6

3,836

408

Geekbench 6

20,306

1,385

Cinebench 2024

145

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Cinebench 2024

1,432

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AnTuTu 10

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278,916

FP32 (float)

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265

▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.