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three yield numeric scores; higher numbers are better.
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tests. It trailed the Core i3–based Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 and Core i5–based
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Dell Chromebook 11, and was neck-and-neck with the Pentium Silver–based HP
Chromebook x360.
In anecdotal testing, the Chromebase felt peppy for general use, from browsing
the web across a dozen Chrome tabs and streaming 1080p video to playing
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provides enough muscle to run the lightweight Chrome OS smoothly.
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Primate Labs’ Geekbench uses all available cores and threads to simulate real-
world applications ranging from PDF rendering and speech recognition to
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texturing and high-level, game-like image rendering that exercises graphics and
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frames per second (fps).
The HP Chromebase struggled on Geekbench, besting only the Chromebook 11
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rates that would raise the eyebrow of a gamer. That said, the HP Chromebase is
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