Qualcomm has quietly started selling the Snapdragon development kit, about two months after announcing the device in late May. As expected, the Snapdragon Dev Kit is the cheapest device in the Snapdragon X series.The Snapdragon Dev Kit is the cheapest Snapdragon X-series device, despite its relatively high-end hardware. For comparison, Surface Pro 11 (Currently $989 on Amazon) Starts with Snapdragon X Plus X1P Snapdragon X1P-64-100 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
By comparison, the Snapdragon Dev Kit uses the X1E-00-1DE version of the Snapdragon X Elite. In fact, the mini PC is the only device that uses this version. In practice, the X1E-00-1DE should perform the same as the Snapdragon X Elite X1E and Snapdragon X Elite X1E. Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 In most tasks. However, it has a higher boost speed of 100MHz for the dual cores, which peak at 4.3GHz.
Additionally, Qualcomm is supplying the Snapdragon Dev Kit with 32GB of LPDDR5x RAM, 512GB of storage, and Windows 11 preinstalled. Additionally, the company is including two USB 3.2 Type-A ports and three USB 4 ports, as well as a 3.5mm jack, an RJ45 Ethernet connection, and a full-size HDMI port. Currently, the Snapdragon Dev Kit is only available on the website From stock for 899.99Which ships worldwide.
