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Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3

Component references

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 56 fields

Cellular Modem-RF — Cellular Modem-RF Specs Processor family

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Peak Upload Speed Processor family

Up to 316.0^* Mbps

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

GPU — APIs Processor family

DirectX® 12^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Architecture Processor family

64-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Video Playback — Color Depth Processor family

Up to 10-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Video Playback — Color Gamut Processor family

Rec. 2020^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Location and Global Emergency Services Processor family

Assisted GPS^*
LTE Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA)^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Video Capture Processor family

Up to 4K Ultra HD @ 30 fps^*
Up to 4K @ 30 fps^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Modem Name Processor family

Snapdragon™ X55 5G Modem-RF system^*
Snapdragon™ X65 5G Modem-RF System^*
Snapdragon™ X62 5G Modem-RF System^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

DSP — Name Processor family

Qualcomm® Hexagon™^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

NPU — Name Processor family

Qualcomm® Hexagon™^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Spectral Bands Processor family

5.0^* GHz
6.0^* GHz
2.4^* GHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio — Qualcomm Aqstic™ technology support Processor family

Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — MIMO Configuration Processor family

2x2^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Interfaces — Supported Interfaces Processor family

DisplayPort^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Process Node and Technology — Process Node Processor family

5.0^* nm

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Bluetooth — Topologies Processor family

One-To-Many Broadcast^*
Qualcomm® TrueWireless™ technology^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Maximum External Display Resolution Processor family

4K^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio — Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology support Processor family

Qualcomm® aptX™ Audio^*
Qualcomm® aptX™ HD^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Name Processor family

Snapdragon® 8cx Gen 3^*
Qualcomm® Kryo™^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Video Playback — Codecs Processor family

HDR^*
H.264 (Advanced Video Coding (AVC))^*
H.265 (High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC))^*
VP9^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Spatial Streams Processor family

Up to 2^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

DSP — Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor Features Processor family

Qualcomm® Sensing Hub^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Storage — UFS Processor family

UFS 3.1^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Satellite Systems Processor family

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Single Camera Processor family

Up to 24 MP^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Mobile Computing — Form Factor Processor family

Laptops^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cache — Capacity Processor family

18.0^* GB

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Process Node and Technology — Technology Processor family

5LPE^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Technology — Technology Category Processor family

Mobile^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Generation Processor family

Wi-Fi 4^*
Wi-Fi 5^*
Wi-Fi 6^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Bluetooth — Specification Version Processor family

Bluetooth® 5.1^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Video Playback — Resolution Processor family

Up to 4K @ 120 fps^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Interface Type Processor family

DisplayPort Multi Stream Transport (MST)^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Maximum On-Device Display Resolution Processor family

4K Ultra HD^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Memory — Number of Channels Processor family

8^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Location Support Processor family

Qualcomm® Location^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

RF — RF Front-End (RFFE) Features Processor family

Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution^*
High-power transmit (HPUE)^*
Qualcomm® Adaptive Antenna Tuning^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Clock Speed Processor family

3.0^* GHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Peak Download Speed Processor family

Up to 7.5^* Gbps
Up to 10.0^* Gbps
Up to 2.5^* Gbps
Up to 4.4^* Gbps

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Number of Cores Processor family

8^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Standards Processor family

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio Playback Interfaces — Speaker protection Processor family

Speaker protection^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio Playback Interfaces — Modes Processor family

Surround Sound^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Series — Snapdragon Mobile Platform Series Processor family

8 Series^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name Processor family

Qualcomm® Spectra™^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Storage — SSD/NVMe Interface Processor family

PCIe^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

GPU — Name Processor family

Qualcomm® Adreno™^*
Snapdragon® 8cx Gen 3^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Features Processor family

Support for 2x 4K displays^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Memory — Bit Width Processor family

16-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Video Capture Features Processor family

High Dynamic Range (HDR)^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Memory — Type Processor family

LPDDR4x-4266^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Product Function — Application Processors Processor family

Laptops & Tablets^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Applications — Product Applications Processor family

Mobile Computing^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

NPU — Tera Operations Per Second Processor family

15^* TOPS

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Slow Motion Video Capture Processor family

Up to 720p @ 480 fps^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

* Provisional data