The Qualcomm X105 is the first 3GPP Release 19-ready modem-RF system worldwide, offering 5G speeds up to 14.8 Gbps for downloads and 4.2 Gbps for uploads, while also facilitating 6G development and testing.
The modem features a 6nm RF transceiver with 30% reduced power consumption and 15% smaller board size compared to the Qualcomm X85 5G modem, quad-band GNSS support, built-in NR-NTN for satellite video, data and voice, and a fifth-gen AI processor using agentic AI to optimize data traffic for gaming, video calling, and social media.
Qualcomm X105 Modem-RF system specifications:
- Peak speeds
- Download – 14.8 Gbps (FR1 + FR2), 13.1 Gbps (FR1)
- Upload – 4.2 Gbps
- Downlink
- Carrier Aggregation: 6F+T CA (500MHz) with 1024 QAM
- TDD/FDD with 1024 QAM
Turbo DSDA enhancements, including Multi-SIM CA support (up to 60% higher throughput) - 3rd-gen 6Rx for smartphones and FWA CPEs (with 10% higher downlink throughput compared to Qualcomm X85)
- Uplink
- Switched uplink with 3CC support
- Rel-17 Switched uplink with Multi-SIM support (enhancing DSDA UL)
- 2Tx, 3Tx, 4Tx support
- supplemental uplink with TDD
- Supports all global 5G bands (0.6 to 41GHz)
- NB-IoT for extended coverage
- Performance Enhancement Technologies
- Smart Transmit Plus technology with enhanced uplink support and spatial averaging
- RFFE
- Qualcomm QET8200 Envelope Tracker enabling a smaller footprint and improved performance in FR1 bands
- L-PAMiDS for FR1 low and mid bands, enabling Power Class 2 for single-chain FDD
- Support for NTN bands
- Qualcomm 5G PowerSave
- Power benefits from new 6 nm transceiver (RFIC) architecture
- Rel-17 power features
- Cellular Technology
- 3GPP Rel-19 hardware
- FR1+FR2 CA
- DL CA with 500MHz bandwidth and 1024 QAM
- 6-layer and 8-layer MIMO support
- FDD+FDD sub-6 upl