Asus finally revealed one of the first laptops with Qualcomm's powerful Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme CPU, and it already looks to be putting MacBook on notice in 2026.

At CES 2026, ASUS expanded its ARM-based notebook lineup with refreshed Zenbook A14 models and the introduction of the all-new Zenbook A16.The latter stands out as ASUS’s first 16-inch Zenbook built around Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platform and is set to receive exclusive access to the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme proce

ASUS is pairing Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme with a 1.2 kg 16-inch Zenbook A16, promising big-screen portability, an 80 TOPS NPU, OLED at 120 Hz, and long battery life.

ASUS has refreshed its ProArt and Zenbook series of notebooks for 2026, equipping them with the latest AMD, Intel, and Snapdragon processors.

After announcing the high-end Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and X2 Elite processors last year, Qualcomm has now introduced the mid-range Snapdragon X2 Plus

After the modest success of its first generation of Arm-based Snapdragon X processors, as part of Microsoft's Copilot+ AI PC ecosystem, Qualcomm continued to improve the architecture by launching the Snapdragon X2 Elite last September. And at this year's CES event, it's back again, this time with the more affordable X2 Plus range.