AMD today announced its new Ryzen 5000 C-series CPUs geared towards Chromebooks. The last time the company released a unique line of processors for Chrome OS notebooks, it was the Ryzen 3000 series, so there will be a significant speed gain here. They have up to eight cores and are based on the Zen 3 architecture.
According to AMD, these include the world's first high-performance eight-core x86 CPU for Chromebooks, which is certainly correct. All of Intel's latest CPUs have hybrid designs, and while they have more cores, they lack performance cores. And, of course, many Chrome OS processors aren't x86 at all.
The major concern, though, is one of performance. First, AMD pitted the Ryzen 7 5825C against the Ryzen 7 3700C. It surpassed its predecessor in online browsing using WebXPRT 3, multitasking performance using Geekbench 5, and graphics using Motion Mark 1.2 by 67 percent and 107 percent, respectively. When compared to an Intel Core i7-1185G7, the Ryzen 7 5825C excels by 7% in online browsing, 25% in multitasking, and 15% in gaming.
In terms of battery life, AMD claims that its new CPUs may outperform the competition by up to 94 percent. In CrXPRT, that's a comparison of an Intel Core i5-1135G7 versus a Ryzen 5 5625C.
There are a slew of new devices being introduced today. HP has announced the Elite C645 G2 Chromebook, a business-oriented laptop with a 14-inch screen, up to a Ryzen 7 5825C, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, and a 5MP camera; it will be available in June for $559. Acer is launching the Chromebook Spin 514, a 14-inch convertible with up to a Ryzen 7 5825C processor and MIL-STD-810H certification. The Chromebook Spin 514 and Chromebook Enterprinse Spin 514 will be available in Q3 for $579.99. and $899.99, respectively.
