ASUS is pairing Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme with a 1.2 kg 16-inch Zenbook A16, promising big-screen portability, an 80 TOPS NPU, OLED at 120 Hz, and long battery life.

While every gaming handheld around right now is an iGPU machine, no one is going to buy a general consumer laptop for gaming. Since Qualcomm doesn’t have a handheld, this makes the Snapdragon X platform’s lack of discrete GPUs even more obvious.

Asus finally revealed one of the first laptops with Qualcomm's powerful Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme CPU, and it already looks to be putting MacBook on notice in 2026.

I test-drove Asus' tasty 16-inch ultralight with Qualcomm's anticipated 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip inside. This hard-hitting Arm salvo might even dent machines like Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air.

The first PCs with version 26H1 will begin shipping in the spring period, but you'll only find it on PCs powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 platform.

With the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, Windows 11 on Arm is finally catching up with Apple's M4 lineup, and potentially challenging M5.

Snapdragon tablets focus on efficiency, long battery life and reliable performance, making them ideal for everyday productivity, entertainment and on-the-go multitasking without constant charging anxiety.