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Qualcomm’s 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme dominates in first benchmarks – 18 cores and 48GB of on-package memory on a 192-bit bus look tough to beat

Testing the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme made me wonder how Intel and AMD are going to respond. Qualcomm’s new flagship chip looks ready to dominate on all fronts.

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