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Qualcomm this week revealed its Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chipset, which promises major gains over Apple's M4.

According to Qualcomm, the platform will consist of the new third-generation 18-core Oryon processor, a revamped Adreno GPU, and an 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU providing an extra boost to performance. To further emphasize how much of an upgrade the Elite Extreme is, Qualcomm also detailed benchmark results comparing its future hardware to competing chipsets. Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETIt's important to mention that Qualcomm states its Elite Extreme is specially "built for ultra-premium PCs, tackling… intense data analytics, professional media editing and scientific research".

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