Qualcomm has announced its next generation of PC processors: the Snapdragon X2. It might not sound very exciting, but these chips continue to bring Windows laptops up to par with Apple Silicon-powered MacBooks .

The company took the PC world by storm last year with its Snapdragon X chips , breaking the long-held duopoly of Intel and AMD powering most Windows laptops. Nearly every major laptop manufacturer was on board, launching a bevy of Qualcomm-powered laptops. It was a shake-up that the Windows ecosystem needed to better compete with Apple, which began designing its own chips in 2020 with the M1 MacBook Air —a move that helped cement MacBooks as some of the best laptops around .

Qualcomm rode out its surprising success throughout 2025, and finally, it's time for a sequel. Th

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