Samsung Chromebook Pro was first discovered last October on some reseller’s website with a Rockchip RK3399 hexa-core processor, 4GB RAM, and a $499 price tag. The company has finally announced two new Chromebooks at CES 2016 with Chromebook Pro actually based on an Intel Core m3-6Y30 “Skylake” processor, and Chromebook Plus powered by “OP1” hexa-core ARM Cortex-A72/A53 processor.
We’ll that apart from the different processor, both new Chromebook have exactly the same specifications
| Model Code | XE513C24-K01US | XE510C24-K01US |
|---|---|---|
| Chromebook Plus | Chromebook Pro | |
| Operating System | Google Chrome | |
| Processor / Chipset | OP1, Made for Chromebooks. Hexa-core (Dual A72, Quad A53) |
Intel Core M3 Processor 6Y30 (0.90 GHz up to 2.20 GHz, 4 MB L3 Cache) |
| Graphic | Internal Graphics | Intel® HD Graphics 515 |
| Display | 12.3″ 2400×1600 LED Display (3:2 aspect ratio) with Touch Screen Panel | |
| Memory | 4GB LPDDR3 Memory (on BD 4GB) | |
| Hard Drive | 32GB e.MMC | |
| Color | Platinum Silver | |
| Multimedia | Internal Dual Array Digital Mic Stereo Speakers ( 1.5 W x 2 ) 720p HD Camera |
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| Network | 802.11 ac (2×2) Bluetooth v4.0 |
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| Ports | 1 Headphone out/Mic-in Combo 2 USB-C [up to 5Gbps*, 4K display out with optional adapter, Charging] MicroSD Multi-media Card Reader |
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| Input | Clickpad Touch screen Island-type keyboard Pen |
|
| Power | 30 W USB-C™ Adapter 39Wh battery |
|
| Dimension | 280.8 x 221.6 x 12.9 ~ 13.9mm (11.06″ x 8.72″ x 0.51″ ~ 0.55″) | |
| Weight | 1.08Kg (2.38lbs) | |
| Software | Software can be changed without notice. Google Play Store (Beta) AirDroid Premium (free one-year subscription, full version) ArtCanvas |
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| Etc | Accelerometer Sensor Gyro Sensor |
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It’s very likely that OP1 processor is Rockchip RK3399, also using a 2xA72 + 4xA53 configuration, or a modified version, as Rockchip processor with Chromebooks used to have the “C” suffix, e.g. RK3288C. Charbax has a video of Chromebook Plus model showing the screen with an impressive viewing angle.
Chromebook Plus (ARM) is available now for $449 on Amazon US, while Chromebook Pro (Intel) will be released this spring at a yet-to-be-disclosed price.
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The 3399 and A72 is a bit disappointing in the context of a chromebook. Its at a mere 10000 octane while the m3 variant is at 20000. For $50 more you get double the performance with the m3 variant so why opt for ARM?
You can even get the Asus m3 version at $499 with 64GB SSD. I think ARM has missed the bus and is best left in phone and tablets which matches their closed device centric business model. I am not going to have any expections for general computing. With AMD Zen incoming I think there are going to be plenty of options at all price and power ranges with x86 which remains a truly open platform.
ARM’s poor support for drivers for other platforms makes it a problem even for dev boards, most of which are stuck on old kernels and a struggling band of open source developers. I think the Pi remain the only option for a reasonably well supported board with mainstream support.
I bought my C201PA last year which is around 7k octane score and cost $180.
A year later and 2.5x the price, we have this thing with 10k octane score.
RK3288C is so good because Chrome itself is so multi-thead oriented.
Before 4-core A72/A73 is feasible, 8-core A53 might be just as good.
It is indeed RK3399, as Rockchip happily announced on their Weibo.
http://weibo.com/3340283052/EpIxAxBTv?from=page_1006063340283052_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime&type=comment
There are another two chromebooks based on the same Gru baseboard in development, bob (seems to be ASUS product) and scarlet.
“Software can be changed without notice.” No thank you.
I wonder if you could use dm-cache (eMMC caching a slower USB3 stick) on those chromebooks. As far as I have seen, they have replaced the standard USB2/3 by a USB-C, which makes it smaller to have USB sticks.
More A72 chromebooks is always good to hear. Some of them are taking their sweet time, though – I’m still waiting for Acer chromebook R13 to show up in Europe.
Should really say $449 + all your data
linuxable
@blu
Acer R13 has been available for weeks in Europe, under the CB5-312T name. Isn’t that obvious ^_^
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-CB5-312T-MT8173-33-78-Inch-Chromebook/dp/B01MEH09CD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484043309&sr=8-1&keywords=Acer+Chromebook+CB5-312T
@Laurent
Amazing! I can even pre-order it form amazon.de! What a time to be alive.
My HP Stream 13 achieves 9500 on Octane, and costed 219 Euro. So I wonder why people should spend $449 on the ARM Chromebook.
@Sander
Better power efficiency (i.e. longer battery life), better overall performance. Also, I’m going to run linux on it anyway for development purposes, and since I tend to do low-level stuff, I’d prefer to have a modern ISA for my projects.
Charbax has done a article armdevices, saying what he thinks needs doing by Google to make Samsung’s chromebook Plus OP1 a success.
So seems people think there is room for improvement from the comments around the internet.