According to The Verge, the first generation of AMD Chromebooks was slow. But that is news of the past because on Thursday, the company said it is putting its best foot forward with the new Ryzen 5000 C-Series processors, which include the first 8-core high-performance x86 processor for Chromebooks.
Chromebooks Will Be Powered by Ryzen 5000 C-Series
When it comes to Chromebooks, AMD is upping the ante. Ars Technica reported that while Chrome OS devices with the capability of the Ryzen 6000 mobile CPUs are still a ways off, AMD unveiled on Thursday the Ryzen 5000 C-series for Chromebooks.
The top-of-the-line chip in the series includes eight AMD Zen 3 cores, giving it more x86 CPU cores than any other Chromebook. HP and Acer have already announced that their Chromebooks will use them this year.
The company, as per The Verge, is also attempting to claim that their chips outperform Intel processors in terms of performance and battery life.
The 7nm Ryzen 5000 C-series ranges from the Ryzen 3 5125C, which has two Zen 3 cores and a base and boost clock speed of 3 GHz, goes all the way up to the Ryzen 7 5825C, which has eight cores and a base clock speed of 2 GHz that can increase to 4.5 GHz.
When you consider how much additional headroom the Intel chip can use, The Verge noted that it's impressive to see that AMD's Ryzen 7 5825C, with a 15W TDP, is even 7% faster in web browsing than Intel's 28W i7-1185G7.
However, this is based on an 11th Generation Intel chip, not Intel's latest 12th Generation processors, which should be available in Chromebooks soon.
The following are the full specifications for the Ryzen 5000 C-series:
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Is the New Ryzen 5000 C-Series Chromebook for You?
Ars Technica held that the chips aren't particularly intriguing on their own. They appear to perform similarly to the Ryzen 5000 U-series CPUs that have already been introduced. The Ryzen 5000 C-series also employs Vega integrated graphics rather than the improved RDNA 2 featured in Ryzen 6000 mobile chipsets, which AMD claimed were up to 2.1 times quicker when they were released.
However, for someone who uses their Chromebook for more than just opening a few Chrome tabs, the processors could provide better performance than what's currently offered. The Ryzen 5000 C-series, like Chromebooks, isn't about pushing 1080p gaming in some games.
There is a higher emphasis on productivity, especially multitasking. The new chips, according to AMD, offer up to twice the multitasking capability of previous-generation Chromebook chips.
Still, The Verge highlighted that this is huge for AMD, which has been struggling for years to develop laptop chips worth buying and has only recently begun to succeed.
What Are the First Chromebooks To Employ the New Chips?
The HP Elite c645 G2 Chromebook and Acer Chromebook Spin 514, as well as their Enterprise counterparts, employ the latest AMD CPUs. With starting pricing of $559 in early June and $580 in Q3, Ars Technica noted that they're more expensive, but not the most expensive Chromebooks.
