Snapdragon X Elite / IQ-X

The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite and Dragonwing IQ-X are commercial and industrial grades of the same Hamoa SoC, a 4 nm processor with custom Oryon cores. IQ-X7181 is X1E-78-100 in an industrial package. IQ-X5121 is the 8-core industrial part. The later generation is Snapdragon X2 Elite.

General Specifications

Specs
PartCPUGPUNPUMemory
X1E-00-1DE12x Oryon
3.8 GHz all-core, dual-core boost 4.3 GHz
42 MB cache, 4 nm
Adreno X1-85 @ 1.50 GHz
Up to 4.6 TFLOPS
Hexagon
45 TOPS
LPDDR5x @ 8448 MT/s
8x 16-bit, up to 64 GB
135 GB/s
X1E-84-10012x Oryon
3.8 GHz all-core, dual-core boost 4.2 GHz
42 MB cache, 4 nm
Adreno X1-85 @ 1.50 GHz
Up to 4.6 TFLOPS
Hexagon
45 TOPS
LPDDR5x @ 8448 MT/s
8x 16-bit, up to 64 GB
135 GB/s
X1E-80-10012x Oryon
3.4 GHz all-core, dual-core boost 4.0 GHz
42 MB cache, 4 nm
Adreno X1-85 @ 1.25 GHz
Up to 3.8 TFLOPS
Hexagon
45 TOPS
LPDDR5x @ 8448 MT/s
8x 16-bit, up to 64 GB
135 GB/s
X1E-78-10012x Oryon @ 3.4 GHz
42 MB cache, 4 nm
Adreno X1-85 @ 1.25 GHz
Up to 3.8 TFLOPS
Hexagon
45 TOPS
LPDDR5x @ 8448 MT/s
8x 16-bit, up to 64 GB
135 GB/s
IQ-X718112x Oryon @ 3.4 GHz
Industrial grade of X1E-78-100
Adreno @ 1.25 GHzHexagon
45 dense TOPS
Hexagon V73M
8x 16-bit LPDDR5x @ 4200 MHz
Up to 64 GB
IQ-X51218x Oryon @ 3.4 GHz
Industrial grade
Adreno @ 1.1 GHzHexagon
45 dense TOPS
Hexagon V73M
8x 16-bit LPDDR5x @ 4200 MHz
Up to 64 GB

The commercial parts share an Adreno DPU with eDP 1.4b up to 4K120, and DisplayPort 1.4 for up to three external displays. Adreno VPU decode is 4K120 10-bit for H.264, H.265, VP9, and AV1. Encode is 4K60 10-bit for H.264, H.265, and AV1. Storage is NVMe over PCIe Gen 4, UFS 4.0, and SD 3.0. The Hexagon NPU is paired with dual micro NPUs on the Sensing Hub.

IQ-X adds an industrial package rated -40°C to 105°C, with USB4, 16 PCIe lanes, UFS 4.0, and DisplayPort 1.4a. It supports up to four cameras and up to 2x 5K or 4x 4K displays. The IQ-X series page lists support until 2038. The family comparison lists support until 2036. Target uses are factory automation, HMIs, medical PCs, robotics, panel and box PCs, and smart displays.

Also known as

  • Hamoa
  • X1E80100, X1E84100, X1E78100, X1E001DE
  • IQ-X7181
  • IQ-X5121

Linux Support

Mainline kernel

  • Fully supported
  • Works, but not every feature is implemented. Driver support matrix is here

Mesa GPU support

  • Adreno X1-85 is supported by Freedreno from Mesa 24.2

Windows on Arm Support

  • Available but depends on the board vendor to provide a compatible bootloader

Resources


Boards with Snapdragon X Elite / IQ-X

List of boards: