The newest handheld in the ONEXPLAYER X line leans on Intel's Xe3 graphics, pairing the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip with a 12-core Intel Arc B390 integrated GPU that pushes performance into entry-level discrete territory. It is a 14-core part built on Panther Lake silicon, with 2 performance cores, 8 efficiency cores, and 4 low-power efficiency cores, running in an 8 to 35 watt power envelope.
That graphics stack is in good shape for anyone planning to wipe Windows and run Linux. Intel's open-source driver path already covers Panther Lake: recent Mesa 26.0 and Linux kernel 6.19 testing of the Arc B390 ran without stability or functional problems, and the required firmware blobs have been landing in the linux-firmware tree. Handheld-focused distributions are tracking the hardware closely too. Bazzite, the Fedora Atomic based gaming OS that boots straight into Steam Gaming Mode, ships bleeding-edge Mesa and kernel builds and lists Intel Arc among its best-supported GPUs through Gamescope, which makes a SteamOS-style experience plausible on a device like this.
The controller side of the Linux picture has also been getting attention. A Valve-contributed hid-oxp driver landed in Linux 7.2, adding native kernel support for OneXPlayer's HID configuration protocol: RGB lighting with adjustable brightness, effects, and speed, vibration intensity management, and a hardware-level button remapping interface. These are features that previously required OneXPlayer's Windows driver. The driver covers established OneXPlayer device families including the X1 mini and G1 series; the X2, arriving on newer Panther Lake hardware, would need community testing to confirm the same protocol applies.
Despite the ONEXPLAYER X2 name, this is the fourth model in the ONEXPLAYER X family, following the original Ryzen 7 8840U unit, a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 version, and an Intel Lunar Lake variant. It keeps the series' 27.8 cm (10.95 inch) display at 2560 x 1600 and 120 Hz, with detachable controllers on each side, a built-in kickstand, and an optional magnetic keyboard that turns the tablet into a passable laptop stand-in. The controllers use hall-effect joystick sensors and a removable D-Pad.
The rest of the configuration is fixed and generous: 48GB of LPDDR5x memory soldered to the board, a 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD in a standard M.2 2280 slot, a 65 Wh battery, active cooling, RGB lighting on the controllers and rear, plus a fingerprint sensor and an IR webcam for face recognition. Connectivity covers two USB4 Type-C ports for power, charging, and video, one USB 3.2 Type-A port, and a 300MB/s microSD card reader.
The ONEXPLAYER X2 has a list price of $2,100 (€1,950), with pre-orders running at $1,900 (€1,750) ahead of an estimated ship date of 2026-07-07.
