Chromebooks are going to get massively upgraded performance, with AMD bringing the Zen architecture to Chromebooks. As part of the new AMD Ryzen and Athlon 3000C series, the new Zen-based mobile processors for Chromebooks promise up to 212% better performance than the previous generation of AMD-based Chromebooks.
AMD claims that the AMD Ryzen and Athlon 3000C series offer up to 251% better graphics, 104% faster office productivity and 152% better photo editing performance than previous generation of AMD Chromebooks. On top of that, the new processors will also support new capabilities like WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5 while also offering longer battery life to improve the overall user experience of the new AMD-powered Chromebooks.
For those of you who are interested, there are five AMD Ryzen and Athlon 3000C processors announced, with the specifications as follows:
AMD Ryzen and Athlon 3000C Processors
| Cores / Threads | Base/Boost Clocks (GHz) | GPU Cores | Cache | TDP | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700C | 4C/8T | 2.3 / 4.0 | 10 | 6MB | 15W |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3500C | 4C/8T | 2.1 / 3.7 | 8 | 6MB | 15W |
| AMD Ryzen 3 3250C | 2C/4T | 2.6 / 3.5 | 3 | 5MB | 15W |
| AMD Athlon Gold 3150C | 2C/4T | 2.4 / 3.3 | 3 | 5MB | 15W |
| AMD Athlon Silver 3050C | 2C/4T | 2.3 / 3.2 | 2 | 5MB | 15W |
Pokdepinion: I don’t exactly think Chromebooks need more performance…
