Oryon

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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]

Models
1st generation
2nd generation
3rd generation
References

It began development in 2021 when NuVia Inc. ^[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			3.8 GHz	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	10			–
	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	2 + 6		3.5GHz	4.32GHz (dual-core)		Q4 2024
8 Elite	SM8750-3-AB	2 + 5		3.5GHz	4.32GHz (dual-core)		Q1 2025

3rd generation

The 3rd generation is the first to include both 8 and X series chips.

Comparison of 3rd generation Oryon CPUs^[7]
Branding	Model number	Core count		Total cache	Max multithread frequency		Boost frequency		Memory type	Release
Branding	Model number	Prime	Performance	Total cache	Prime	Performance	Prime	Performance	Memory type	Release
X2 Elite Extreme	X2E-96-100	12	6	53 MB	4.4 GHz	3.6 Ghz	5.0 GHz (dual-core)	—	LPDDR5x-9523	H1 2026
X2 Elite	X2E-88-100	12		53 MB	4.0 GHz	3.4 Ghz	4.7 GHz (dual-core)
X2 Elite	X2E-80-100	6		34 MB	4.0 GHz	3.4 Ghz	4.7 GHz (dual-core)
8 Elite Gen 5	SM8850-AC	2			4.61 GHz	3.63 GHz			LPDDR5x-10600	Q3 2025

References

↑ Anton Shilov. "Qualcomm says its Oryon CPU cores have 1% or less of Arm's original technology — cores in Snapdragon X PC chips are almost entirely custom". Yahoo!Tech. tom'sHARDWARE. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
↑ "The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Architecture Deep Dive: Getting To Know Oryon and Adreno X1". Anandtech. 2024-06-21. Archived from the original on June 14, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
↑ Statt, Nick (13 January 2021). "Qualcomm just bought a two-year-old startup founded by former Apple engineers for $1.4 billion". The Verge. Retrieved 9 August 2024. Nuvia, was formed in 2019 by three former engineers and chip specialists, all of whom worked at Apple on the A-series chip line that powers the iPhone and iPad
↑ "Introducing the Qualcomm Falkor CPU core: purpose-built for cloud workloads | Qualcomm". www.qualcomm.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
↑ "Snapdragon X Elite". Qualcomm. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
↑ "Snapdragon 8 Elite". Qualcomm. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
↑ "Snapdragon X2 Elite". Qualcomm. Retrieved 24 September 2025.

Application ARM-based chips

Application
processors
(32-bit)

ARMv7-A

Cortex-A5	Actions ATM702x Amlogic M805, S805, T82x Atmel SAMA5D3 InfoTM iMAPx820, iMAPx15 Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play, 200 RDA RDA8810PL Telechips TCC892x
Cortex-A7	Allwinner A2x, A3x, A83T, H3, H8 NXP i.MX7, QorIQ LS10xx, NXP i.MX6UL Broadcom BCM2836, BCM23550 Leadcore LC1813, LC1860/C, LC1913, LC1960 Marvell Armada 1500 mini plus, PXA1920 MediaTek MT65xx Rockchip RK3126 Qualcomm Snapdragon 200, 205, 208, 210, 212, 400 UNISOC SC7731E
Cortex-A8	Allwinner A1x Apple A4 Freescale i.MX5 Rockchip RK291x Samsung Exynos 3110 (S5PC110), S5PV210 Texas Instruments OMAP 3, Sitara AM3xxx, DM38x ZiiLABS ZMS-08
Cortex-A9	Actions ATM702x, ATM703x Altera Cyclone V, Arria V/10 Amlogic AML8726, MX, M6x, M801, M802/S802, S812, T86x Apple A5, A5X Broadcom BCM21xxx, BCM28xxx Freescale i.MX6 HiSilicon K3V2, 910's InfoTM iMAPx912 Leadcore LC1810, LC1811 Marvell Armada 1500 mini MediaTek MT65xx Nvidia Tegra, 2, 3, 4i Nufront NuSmart 2816M, NS115, NS115M Renesas EMMA EV2, R-Car H1, RZ/A Rockchip RK292x, RK30xx, RK31xx Samsung Exynos 4 421x, 441x ST-Ericsson NovaThor Telechips TCC8803 Texas Instruments OMAP 4, Sitara AM4xxx VIA WonderMedia WM88x0, 89x0 Xilinx Zynq-7000 ZiiLABS ZMS-20, ZMS-40
Cortex-A15	Allwinner A80 HiSilicon K3V3 MediaTek MT8135/V Nvidia Tegra 4, K1 Renesas R-Car H2 Samsung Exynos 5 52xx, 54xx Texas Instruments OMAP 5, DRA7xx, Sitara AM5xxx, AM57xx
Cortex-A17	MediaTek MT6595, MT5595 MStar 6A928 Rockchip RK3288
Others	Cortex-A12
ARMv7-A compatible	Apple A6, A6X, S1, S1P, S2, S3 Broadcom Brahma-B15 Marvell P4J Qualcomm Snapdragon S1, S2, S3, S4 Plus, S4 Pro, 600, 800 (Scorpion, Krait)

ARMv8-A

Others	Cortex-A32

Application
processors
(64-bit)

ARMv8-A

Cortex-A35	NXP i.MX8X MediaTek MT6799, MT8516 Rockchip RK3308
Cortex-A53	Actions GT7, S900, V700 Allwinner A133, A64, H5, H64, R18 Altera Stratix 10 Amlogic S9 Family, T96x Broadcom BCM2837 EZchip TILE-Mx100 HiSilicon Kirin 620, 650, 655, 658, 659, 930, 935 Marvell Armada PXA1928, Mobile PXA1908/PXA1936 MediaTek MT673x, MT675x, MT6761V, MT6762/V, MT6763T, MT6765/G/H, MT6795, MT8161, MT8163, MT8165, MT8732, MT8735, MT8752 NXP ARM S32, QorIQ LS1088, LS1043, i.MX8M Qualcomm Snapdragon 215, 410, 412, 415, 425, 427, 429, 430, 435, 439, 450, 610, 615, 616, 617, 625, 626, 630 Renesas RZ/V2M Rockchip RK3328, RK3368, RK3562, RK3566 Samsung Exynos 7570, 7578, 7580, 7870, 7880 Texas Instruments Sitara AM6xxx UNISOC SC9820E, SC9832E, SC9860/GV, SL8541E Xilinx ZynqMP
Cortex-A57	AMD Opteron A1100-series NXP QorIQ LS20xx Nvidia Tegra X1, Tegra X2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 and 810 Samsung Exynos 7 5433, 7420 HiSilicon Kirin Hi1610 and Hi1612
Cortex-A72	AWS Graviton Broadcom BCM2711 HiSilicon Kirin 950, 955, Kunpeng 916 MediaTek MT6797/D/T/X, MT8173, MT8176, MT8693 MStar 6A938 Qualcomm Snapdragon 650, 652, 653 Rockchip RK3399 NXP QorIQ LS2088, QorIQ LS1046A, QorIQ LX2160A, QorIQ LS1028A, i.MX8
Cortex-A73	Allwinner A333 Amlogic S922X Qualcomm Snapdragon 460, 632, 636, 660, 662, 665, 680, 685, 6s 4G Gen 1, 835 Samsung Exynos 7872, 7884, 7885, 7904, 9609, 9610, 9611 HiSilicon Kirin 710, 960, 970 MediaTek MT6771/V, MT6799, MT8183, MT8788
Others	Cortex-A34
ARMv8-A compatible	Ampere eMAG Apple A7, A8, A8X, A9, A9X, A10, A10X Applied Micro X-Gene Cavium ThunderX Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver), Tegra X2 (Denver2) Qualcomm Kryo, Falkor Samsung Exynos M1 (Mongoose), M2 (Mongoose)

ARMv8.1-A

ARMv8.1-A compatible	Cavium ThunderX2

ARMv8.2-A

Cortex-A55	Allwinner A523 Samsung Exynos 850 UNISOC SC9863/A, T158, T603, T7100
Cortex-A75	Qualcomm Snapdragon 670, 710, 712, 845, 850 Samsung Exynos 9820, 9825 MediaTek MT6769H/T/V/Z, MT6768, MT6779V UNISOC S512, S513, S562, S563, T310, T606, T610, T615, T616, T618, T619, T620, T700, T710, T7200, T7225, T7250, T7255, T7280, T740
Cortex-A76	Allwinner A733 Google Tensor HiSilicon Kirin 810, 820, 980, 985, 990 Qualcomm Snapdragon 480(+), 675, 678, 720G, 730(G), 732G, 765(G), 768G, 855(+), 860, 7c (Gen 2), 8c, 8cx (Gen 2) Microsoft SQ1, SQ2 MediaTek MT6781, MT6785V, MT6789, MT6833V/P, MT6853V/T, MT6873, MT6875, MT8192, Dimensity 6020, 6080, 6100+, 6300(+), 6400 Rockchip RK3588s Samsung Exynos 990 UNISOC S713, S752, S762, S913, T750, T760, T765, T770, T820, T8100, T8200, T9100
Cortex-A77	MediaTek Dimensity 1000(+) Qualcomm Snapdragon 690, 750G, 865(+), 870 HiSilicon Kirin 9000 Samsung Exynos 880, 980
Cortex-A78	Google Tensor G2 MediaTek MT6877, MT6878, MT6879, MT6891, MT6893, Dimensity 7020, 7025 (Ultra), 7030, 7050, 7060, 7300 (Energy/Pro/Ultimate/Ultra/X), 7360 (Turbo), 7400(X), 8000, 8020, 8050, 8100, 8200 (Ultimate/Ultra), Kompanio 900T, 1200, 1380, 1300T Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1, 4(s) Gen 2, 695, 6 Gen 1, 6(s) Gen 3, 778G(+), 780G, 782G, 888(+) Samsung Exynos 1080, 1280, 1330, 1380, 1480, 2100 UNISOC S715, T7300, T8300
Cortex-X1	Google Tensor, Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 888(+) Samsung Exynos 2100
Neoverse N1	Ampere Altra, Altra Max AWS Graviton2
Others	Cortex-A65, Cortex-A65AE, Cortex-A76AE, Cortex-A78C, Cortex-X1C, Neoverse E1
ARMv8.2-A compatible	Apple A11 Fujitsu A64FX HiSilicon TaiShan v110 Nvidia Tegra Xavier (Carmel) Samsung Exynos M3 (Meerkat), M4 (Cheetah), M5 (Lion)

ARMv8.3-A

ARMv8.3-A compatible	Apple A12, A12X/A12Z, S4, S5 Marvell ThunderX3

ARMv8.4-A

Neoverse V1	AWS Graviton3
ARMv8.4-A compatible	Apple A13, S6, S7, S8

ARMv8.5-A

ARMv8.5-A compatible	Apple A14, M1

ARMv8.6-A

ARMv8.6-A compatible	Apple A15, A16, A17, M2, M3

ARMv8.7-A

ARMv8.7-A compatible	Qualcomm Oryon

ARMv9.0-A

Cortex-A510	Google Tensor G3 MediaTek Dimensity 7200 (Pro/Ultra), 7350 Pro, 8300 (Ultra), 8350 (Extreme/Ultimate), 9000(+), 9200 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1/3, 7s/7+ Gen 2, 8(+) Gen 1, 8 Gen 2 Samsung Exynos 2200
Cortex-A710	MediaTek Dimensity 9000/9000+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1/3, 7s/7+ Gen 2, 8(+) Gen 1, 8 Gen 2 Samsung Exynos 2200
Cortex-A715	Google Tensor G3 MediaTek Dimensity 7200 (Pro/Ultra), 7350 Pro, 8300 (Ultra), 8350 (Extreme/Ultimate), 9200 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, 8 Gen 2
Cortex-X2	MediaTek Dimensity 9000/9000+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s/7+ Gen 2, 8(+) Gen 1 Samsung Exynos 2200
Cortex-X3	Google Tensor G3 MediaTek Dimensity 9200(+) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Neoverse N2	Alibaba YiTian 710 Microsoft Azure Cobalt 100
Neoverse V2	AWS Graviton4 Google Axion Nvidia Grace

ARMv9.2-A

Cortex-A520	Google Tensor G4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, 7s/7+ Gen 3, 8(s) Gen 3 Samsung Exynos 1580, 2400(e), 2500 Xiaomi Xring O1
Cortex-A720	Google Tensor G4 MediaTek Dimensity 9300(+), 9400e Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, 7s/7+ Gen 3, 8(s) Gen 3, 8s Gen 4 Samsung Exynos 1580, 2400(e)
Cortex-A725	MediaTek Dimensity 8400 (Ultra) Samsung Exynos 2500 Xiaomi Xring O1
Cortex-X4	Google Tensor G4 MediaTek Dimensity 9300(+), Dimensity 9400(+,e) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, 8(s) Gen 3, 8s Gen 4 Samsung Exynos 2400(e)
Cortex-X330	-
Cortex-X925	MediaTek Dimensity 9400(+) Samsung Exynos 2500 Xiaomi Xring O1
Neoverse N3	-
Neoverse V3	Nvidia Thor (V3AE)
ARMv9.2-A compatible	Apple A18 Apple M4

ARMv9.3-A

C1-Ultra	MediaTek Dimensity 9500
C1-Nano	TBD

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