Lenovo Chromebook C340 15 (2020) Review

Our Lenovo C340 has an Intel Core i3-8130U CPU, a dual-core processor with Intel Hyper-Threading technology. You can get this laptop with an Intel Pentium Gold 4417U, which has the same number of cores and threads. The main difference is that the Core i3-8130U has a base clock speed of 2.2GHz and can boost up to 3.4GHz in short bursts, whereas the Pentium Gold 4417U operates at a fixed base clock of 2.3GHz. The i3-8130U also has twice the amount of cache memory as the Pentium Gold 4417U, which can improve performance in some applications, as it's much faster for the CPU to fetch data from the cache memory than from the system RAM.

The Core i3-8130U is faster on paper, but the difference isn't noticeable unless you push the system to near maximum capacity. They're both low-power CPUs designed for light tasks like web browsing, video playback, and general productivity, not for demanding workloads like video editing or 3D animation. If you want a Chromebook with newer, faster CPUs, check out the ASUS Chromebook Plus CX34 (2023).

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