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hotaru251 The company claims you get 67% better battery performance than the Intel N250 and up to 2.1 times better battery efficiency ….i sure hope so as you are running slower than the Intel n250. snapdragon's single core 3ghz and multi 2 ghz..and these are MAX speeds… meanwhile N250 singlecore can boost to 3.8 Reply
usertests hotaru251 said: ….i sure hope so as you are running slower than the Intel n250. snapdragon's single core 3ghz and multi 2 ghz..and these are MAX speeds… meanwhile N250 singlecore can boost to 3.8 That's an 8c/8t compared to a 4c/4t. Qualcomm can massage the numbers to get the result they want. Should be noted that's a half disabled Alder Lake-N die. But I guess they are comparing to it since it's probably sold at similar prices. Reply
User of Computers Admin said: Qualcomm has detailed the specs for its Snapdragon C processor, with 8 cores and claimed "all-day" battery life. Qualcomm details Snapdragon C specs for $300 laptops for the first time — claims 67% faster performance on battery than Intel N250, AC performance… : Read more Would've been nice to see some low-end WCL comparisons (a la Core 3 304), I suspect it would be a much closer race. Reply
usertests User of Computers said: Would've been nice to see some low-end WCL comparisons (a la Core 3 304), I suspect it would be a much closer race. The comparison they are doing here might be fair if Snap-C laptops are actually priced like N250 laptops. Whereas most WCL 304 laptops are going to be $500+ AFAIK. Chuwi starts at $450 but their brand reputation is in the dumpster. Here's a dismal N250 laptop with 4 GB of RAM for $229 on sale, $300 regularly: https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-15-6-N250-4-128-Blue/18638703162 Reply
User of Computers usertests said: The comparison they are doing here might be fair if Snap-C laptops are actually priced like N250 laptops. Whereas most WCL 304 laptops are going to be $500+ AFAIK. Chuwi starts at $450 but their brand reputation is in the dumpster. This makes sense. However, within the next couple of years I expect to see these lower end WCL SKUs make their way into superbudget laptops like these. This segment is clearly one that is slow to adopt new technology (you can still find N4020 laptops brand new!), especially with DRAM prices being what they are. On an aside, WCL's adoption is probably being held back by its DDR5 requirements lol… these laptops are all 4GB of LPDDR4. Reply
usertests User of Computers said: This makes sense. However, within the next couple of years I expect to see these lower end WCL SKUs make their way into superbudget laptops like these. This segment is clearly one that is slow to adopt new technology (you can still find N4020 laptops brand new!), especially with DRAM prices being what they are. On an aside, WCL's adoption is probably being held back by its DDR5 requirements lol… these laptops are all 4GB of LPDDR4. I agree with all of that. Minisforum just launched a barebones 304 box at $263 early bird ($329 regular). Want 16 GB DDR5 and 500 GB SSD with that? That will be $559. I hope we see more adoption of the SKUs with 2 P-cores and 2 Xe3 cores (graphics doubled!). So many 8-core ADL-N dies were disabled into 4-cores, and we could be seeing something similar with the Core 3 304. Wildcat Lake Refresh supposedly coming to add another 2 P-cores gives me some hope that a majority of these devices will end up with more than the single consumer SKU with one lonely Xe3 core (the 305 has 2 P-cores, also only 1 Xe3, and no NPU, but appears intended for the embedded market). Reply
pug_s $300 is a good price, but compared to low end n250 is not much to compare to. Plus there are no application compability issues with the n250. Maybe you can use this for a NAS? Reply
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