Objectively, the Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 wasn’t fast at running the Geekbench 5 benchmark, equaling the same CPU in the HP Chromebook x2 11 but falling behind the Intel Chromebooks and the Acer Chromebook Spin 513 with a newer MediaTek Kompanio 1380 CPU. Certainly, I could tell that the Chromebook Duet 3 was slower than laptops equipped with Intel Core CPUs, but for the money, the 2-in-1 was more than adequate.
I could open quite a few Chrome tabs and run some Android apps in the background before I noticed any slowdown. There’s 4GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC storage, both of which are enough for a smooth Chrome OS experience thanks to the operating system’s inherent efficiencies.ĭuring my testing, I found the Chromebook Duet 3 to be quick enough for the kinds of tasks for which a Chromebook is typically used. That provides a small bump in speed with a more up-to-date ARM processor. Performance Mark Coppock/Digital TrendsĪnother change from the previous generation is a switch from a MediaTek Helio P60T CPU to a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2, an 8-core ARM CPU running at up to 2.4GHz. Wireless connectivity is provided by Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.1, a limitation of the Qualcomm chipset.
There’s no audio jack, which is disappointing, nor an SD card reader, which isn’t surprising. You get two USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 ports and a pogo pin connector for the keyboard, and that’s it. This doesn’t feel like a $300 tablet, which is saying a lot.
I found it to be as well-built as other comparably priced tablets, with no bending or flexing. The tablet is constructed of a mix of aluminum along the edges and plastic on the back cover. The base Apple iPad with a 10.2-inch display is narrower and taller but thinner at 0.29 inches and lighter at 1.07 pounds, and the Microsoft Surface Go 3 with a 10.5-inch display is also narrower and taller while being thicker at 0.33 inches and heavier at 1.2 pounds. The most direct competitor, HP’s Chromebook x2 11, is slightly narrower but half an inch taller, at 0.3 inches thick and 1.23 pounds. The Chromebook Duet 3 has increased slightly in thickness to 0.31 inches from 0.29 inches, and it weighs 1.14 pounds, up from 0.9 pounds. The bezels remain the same size, which is excessive for a modern device.
That results in the new version being slightly larger, about half an inch wider and a quarter of an inch taller. The Chromebook Duet 3 has been updated from the previous generation, with the most significant change being an increase in screen size from 10.1 inches to 10.9 inches. Lenovo’s new Chromebook Duet 5 offers an OLED screen at a budget price
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