Snapdragon X Elite Developer Kit and T2/Linux

X Elite Dev Kit

The Snapdragon X Elite Dev Kit is a mini PC designed for developing applications on ARM-based Windows platforms. It features the Snapdragon X Elite processor, 32 GB of RAM, and 512 GB of storage, offering performance similar to an M3 Pro. While initially released as a developer tool, Qualcomm has quickly discontinued its production and sale.

It featuring the top-tier Snapdragon X Elite X1E-00-1DE processor (3.8 GHz base, 4.3 GHz boost) with 12 Oryon CPU cores. It includes 32GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, and a powerful Hexagon NPU (up to 45 TOPS) for AI processing. The kit supports up to three UHD monitors and is designed for multi-monitor setups. Internally it has an unpopulated PCIE connector as well as an unpopulated and not connected HDMI port.

Performance Index

57s to build binutils-2.44 w/ gcc-15.1 (no-LTO, -Osmartly), linux-6.15
48s to build bash-5.2.37 w/ gcc-15.1 (no-LTO, -Osmartly), linux-6.15
5s to build lua-5.4.8 w/ gcc-15.1 (no-LTO, -Osmartly), linux-6.15

/proc/cpuinfo

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

PCI

0004:00:00.0 PCI bridge: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc Device 0111
0004:01:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc WCN785x Wi-Fi 7(802.11be) 320MHz 2x2 [FastConnect 7800] (rev 01)
0005:00:00.0 PCI bridge: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc Device 0111
0005:01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller (rev 05)
0006:00:00.0 PCI bridge: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc Device 0111
0006:01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co., Ltd. Lexar NM790 NVME SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)

USB

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub