Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs. Celeron N3450 Benchmarks With Windows 10

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/26/2018 07:22 AM | source: | 22 comment(s)

Microsoft announced Windows 10 for ARM in December 2016, now a review of a Windows 2-in-1 unit armed with Snapdragon 835-soc reveals the Snapdragon 835 isn't performing well good with x86 programs, compared to even a Celeron N3450 (entry-level laptops and tablets).

Tests conducted by TechSpot, who posted a review of the HP Envy x2 equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835-soc whos some results with Chrome, Photoshop, Excel, Word, Netflix, Plex, and Steam. A lot of software did not work either.

Synthetic benchmarks that did work showed that PCMark 8, Cinebench R11.5, x264 HD Benchmark 5, Handbrake and Photoshop would not perform better than a laptop with a Celeron N3450. And since there's are always exceptions, WinRAR 5.0, 7-Zip, Excel and 3DMark did perform better. TechSpot does mention that the battery life of the HP Envy x2 is extremely long, however with a 1000 USD price tag, not relevant for the market.

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sykozis

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#5535008 Posted on: 04/05/2018 04:26 AM

I was pointing out that Chrome should have an ARM compatible version by now, since it is used in many ARM devices (Android phones?), including Chromebooks iirc. Easy Enough ?

ChromeOS is Linux based and the browser is built into the UI for ChromeOS. Android is also Linux based. So, yes, there is an ARM compatible version of Chrome. It was just never intended to run on Windows and can not be ported to Windows without missing features. Google will have to develop another variant of the Chrome browser for Windows on ARM.

Mundosold
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#5535487 Posted on: 04/06/2018 02:09 PM

It's not a bad start. Most software is going to be running in emulated x86 mode, which is going to be extremely slow (but compatible). It would be interesting to see what happens if developers start developing and compiling for Windows-ARM for native speed.

I guarantee Intel isn't looking at these charts and breathing a sigh of relief. I guarantee they are using every shady/illegal tactic in the book to make sure that these ARM-based books are priced high and don't replace X86 - it is a direct assault on one of their few remaining markets.

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