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- Dell’s upcoming XPS 13 models will feature Snapdragon X Plus or Snapdragon X Elite chips, offering significant improvements over Intel’s models.
- Qualcomm’s roadmap reveals the introduction of the Oryon V2 in late 2025 and the Oryon V3 in 2027.
- We could also see more power-hungry chips from Qualcomm in the future.
We’re just days away from the unveiling of the first wave of Snapdragon X Elite-powered laptops, which we expect will include at least one Dell laptop in the form of the Inspiron 14 Plus. But if you want something even more premium, Dell has gone ahead and revealed even more of its plans, revealing that the upcoming Dell XPS 13 model will also feature the new chip.
On top of that, Dell’s leaked documents also show plans for upcoming Qualcomm Oryon chips. Oryon cores are found in the Snapdragon X series processors, which means that this actually gives us a hint of the future Snapdragon X series processors.
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The XPS 13 Plus comes with Snapdragon X Elite or X Plus
First, the leaked documents (he originally noticed them VideoCardz) mention versions of the Dell XPS 13 powered by Oryon CPUs, in configurations that include 12 or 10 cores. This means that this Dell XPS 13 model will be available with either the Snapdragon X Elite or the more affordable Snapdragon X Plus, which is still faster than Apple’s M3 processor in multi-core workloads.
Earlier leaks about Dell’s upcoming laptops also mentioned a potential Dell XPS 13 Plus, which could be powered by the Snapdragon X series. While that name hasn’t been confirmed here, it’s possible that Dell will use the Plus branding to differentiate the Qualcomm version from the existing XPS 13, which has Intel Core Ultra processors.
On top of that, Dell’s documents show some of the differences between the Intel and Qualcomm versions of the laptop, and they’re not small. Depending on configuration, you could see up to 29 hours of video playback on the Snapdragon X Elite models, as opposed to 15.45 hours on a comparable Intel model. That’s a big increase considering the battery itself is the same size.
Oryon V2 is coming next year, V3 in 2027
Beyond the near future, Dell’s leaked roadmap also offers us a look at further releases. First, we see that the Qualcomm Oryon V2 is expected to be introduced in late 2025, and it will be in both the XPS 13 and XPS 14 models. The XPS 13 will simply have a TDP of 20 W, while the Dell XPS 14 will go up to 40 W.
Looking even further ahead, however, we also see a reference to the Oryon V3, which is apparently coming in late 2027. This specific chip isn’t mentioned in any specific laptops, presumably because those devices won’t appear until 2028. However, something very interesting in to this plan is that the 2027 XPS 16 is suggested to come in Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm versions, with a TDP of 80W. That would not only be AMD’s first appearance in an XPS laptop, but it would also suggest that Qualcomm has plans for more power-hungry chips for high-performance computers.
Of course, looking this far ahead means there’s still room for some big changes, but this leak paints a picture of the possibilities in the coming years. It’s interesting to see that Qualcomm will seemingly skip an all-new CPU core in 2026, but that doesn’t necessarily mean new CPUs won’t be available, as the company could place them in different schedules. Unfortunately, this roadmap does not provide such specific details.