The 64-bit Oryon CPU will be paired with 42Mbytes of total cache, and a memory controller that can access eight channels of LPDDR5x memory (64GB in total) with 130GBps memory bandwidth, executives said. If needed one or two of the cores can boost to 4.3GHz, the turbo boost strategy that’s become common on the PC. There are twelve cores within the Snapdragon X Elite, all running at 3.8GHz. However, it appears that Qualcomm and its X86 rivals may have swapped strategies as Intel adopts performance and efficiency cores, Qualcomm has chosen AMD’s path. Historically, that has meant prime, performance, and efficiency cores, with each type of core taking on their own role depending upon the task. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite has a familiar design.
