Oryon

Oryon is an 8 to 12-core CPU implementing the ARMv8.7-A architecture featuring a custom microarchitecture designed by Qualcomm.^[1] It is used on the Snapdragon X Plus, Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon 8 Elite systems on chips, first released in June 2024.^[2]

It began development in 2021 when Nuvia^[3] was acquired by Qualcomm.

It is the first custom microarchitecture for smartphone SoCs^[4] released by Qualcomm since the original Kryo.

Models

1st generation

Development of the first generation of Oryon started in 2021 under Nuvia. This generation consists of Snapdragon X-series chips that are targeted at laptops.

Comparison of 1st generation Oryon CPUs^[5]

Branding	Model number	Core count	Total cache	Max multithread frequency	Boost frequency	Memory type	Release
X Elite	X1E-00-1DE	12	42 MB	3.8 GHz	4.3 GHz (dual-core)	LPDDR5x-8448	Q2 2024
	X1E-84-100				4.2 GHz (dual-core)
	X1E-80-100			3.4 GHz	4.0 GHz (dual-core)
	X1E-78-100				–
X Plus	X1P-66-100	10			4.0 GHz (single-core)
	X1P-64-100				–
	X1P-46-100	8	30 MB		4.0 GHz (single-core)
	X1P-42-100			3.2 GHz	3.4 GHz (single-core)
X	X1-26-100			3.0 GHz	-		Q1 2025

2nd generation

The second generation consists only of Snapdragon 8-series chips targeted at smartphones and tablets.

Comparison of 2nd generation Oryon CPUs^[6]

Branding	Model number	Core count	Total cache	Max multithread frequency	Boost frequency	Memory type	Release
8 Elite for Galaxy		2 + 6	32MB (24-L2; 8-SLC)	3.53GHz	4.47GHz (dual-core)	LPDDR5x-10600	Q1 2025
8 Elite	SM8750-AB			3.5GHz	4.32GHz (dual-core)		Q4 2024
	SM8750-3-AB	2 + 5					Q1 2025