--- title: Qualcomm Snapdragon C Arm SoC outperforms an Intel N250... description: Qualcomm released a technical overview of its entry-level Snapdragon C Arm SoC for sub-$300 Windows laptops, including battery-powered ('unplugged') benchmarks... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/qualcomm-snapdragon-c-arm-soc-outperforms-an-intel-n250-cpu-by-up-to-67-percent-in-unplugged-bench-wxqwlih8s twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Qualcomm Snapdragon C Arm SoC outperforms an Intel N250 CPU by up to 67 percent in “unplugged” benchmarks | daily.dev og:description: Qualcomm released a technical overview of its entry-level Snapdragon C Arm SoC for sub-$300 Windows laptops, including battery-powered ('unplugged') benchmarks... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/qualcomm-snapdragon-c-arm-soc-outperforms-an-intel-n250-cpu-by-up-to-67-percent-in-unplugged-bench-wxqwlih8s og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WXqwlih8s.png og:image:alt: Qualcomm Snapdragon C Arm SoC outperforms an Intel N250 CPU by up to 67 percent in “unplugged” benchmarks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Qualcomm Snapdragon C Arm SoC outperforms an Intel N250 CPU by up to 67 percent in “unplugged” benchmarks **[CNX Software](https://daily.dev/sources/cnx-software)** · [@cnxsoft](https://daily.dev/cnxsoft) · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Qualcomm released a technical overview of its entry-level Snapdragon C Arm SoC for sub-$300 Windows laptops, including battery-powered ('unplugged') benchmarks against Intel's Processor N250. The Snapdragon C reference design beat the N250 by 44%/24% in Geekbench single/multi-core, 50%/67% in Cinebench single/multi-core, and 39% in Speedometer 3.1, with power efficiency up to twice as good. The author questions the $300 pricing claim since the Intel comparison laptop retails around $600, and notes Qualcomm's Linux support commitments so far apply only to DragonWing IoT chips, not consumer Snapdragon C. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How does Qualcomm's Snapdragon C compare to the Intel Processor N250 in benchmarks? Running on battery power, a Snapdragon C octa-core reference design outperformed an Intel Processor N250 quad-core laptop by 44% and 24% in Geekbench single-core and multi-core respectively, 50% and 67% in Cinebench single-core and multi-core, and 39% in Speedometer 3.1. Power efficiency was up to twice as good, with the biggest gains seen streaming Netflix on Edge (106% better) and Microsoft Teams calls (99% better). _daily.dev helps hardware-focused developers track Arm versus x86 laptop benchmarks like these as they emerge._ ### What are the specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon C SoC? The Snapdragon C features an octa-core Kryo CPU running up to 3.0 GHz single-core or 2.0 GHz quad-core with 2MB total cache, a Qualcomm Adreno GPU up to 900 MHz, a Hexagon NPU with unspecified performance, up to 16GB LPDDR5/5x or LPDDR4 memory, PCIe 3.0 NVMe or UFS 2.2/3.1 storage, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.4, and up to USB 3.1 ports. _engineers comparing entry-level Arm SoCs for Windows laptops can follow spec breakdowns like this on daily.dev._ ### Does Qualcomm support Linux on its Snapdragon C laptop chips? Not directly. Qualcomm has committed to upstream Linux support, but that commitment applies to its DragonWing AIoT platforms rather than consumer-grade processors like the Snapdragon C, meaning Linux support for Snapdragon C laptops remains uncertain despite the company's mixed signals over recent years. _developers weighing Arm laptop platforms for Linux workflows can track support commitments like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Qualcomm Snapdragon C Announced For $300\+ Laptops](https://daily.dev/posts/qualcomm-snapdragon-c-announced-for-300-laptops-unzhmnbgm) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [These are the specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon C, its chip for budget Windows laptops](https://daily.dev/posts/these-are-the-specs-of-the-qualcomm-snapdragon-c-its-chip-for-budget-windows-laptops-42mbcdpue) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Qualcomm's Snapdragon C is a new chip for just awful laptops](https://daily.dev/posts/qualcomm-s-snapdragon-c-is-a-new-chip-for-just-awful-laptops-j2wcnkczv) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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