Making the right Chromebook choice requires a bit of knowledge on performance and battery life. To help get that information to you, we tested two Chromebook models in common scenarios. We found the Intel Celeron processor-powered Chromebook provided a better user experience than the ARM processor-based Chromebook. The Intel Celeron processor-powered Chromebook delivered more frames per second in a number of use cases, including Google Hangouts calls, online video content, games, and education apps. We also found the Intel Celeron processor-powered Chromebook lasted longer in our battery life test and completed tasks in the four scenarios in less time than it took the ARM processor-based Chromebook.

1. Experience more on an Intel® Celeron®
processor-powered Chromebook™
The Lenovo® N20p Chromebook powered by an Intel Celeron processor
outperformed the ARM®-based model and had longer battery life.
Doing science homework
16.6%
86.0s
Planning a housewarming party
8.8% Intel
66.9s
Hanging out at home
16.5% Intel
Drafting a fantasy football team
57.2% more frames per second
15.6% more frames per second
6.9% more frames per second
32.8s
39.3s
less waiting
ARM
less waiting
71.7s
Intel
ARM
61.0s
less waiting
ARM
18.6% Intel
less waiting
89.7s
73.0s
ARM
130.8% more frames per second
11.1% more frames per second
Tasks
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8.
Power on
Open Gmail™
Open Kno™ textbook
Open Google Drive™
Open new Google doc
Search Wikipedia®
Load BioDigital Human™
Play video on YouTube™
Tasks
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9.
Open Gmail
Open Google Calendar™
Open Google Drive
Open existing Google doc
Open Google Maps™
Search for a business in
Google Maps
Start listening to Pandora®
Launch Cracking Sands
Connect to a Google
Hangout
Tasks
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Open Facebook®
Open Twitter®
Open ESPN®
Start a game of Bejeweled®
Connect to a Google
Hangout
Stay unplugged longer
Tasks 6.3% longer battery life
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Open Gmail
Open Google Calendar
Open Google Drive
Open existing Google
spreadsheet
Open ESPN
Play ESPN video
Play audio podcast
Enter fantasy football draft
Connect to a Google
Hangout
Intel 9hr 33min
ARM 8hr 59min
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Copyright 2014 Principled Technologies, Inc. Based on “Comparing Chromebooks for consumers: Intel Celeron vs. ARM,” a Principled Technologies Report, October 2014.
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