Lenovo - IdeaPad 3i Chromebook Laptop - 15.6" Full HD Touch Screen - Pentium Silver N6000 - 8GB Memory - 128GB eMMC - Arctic Grey $279

_DonkeyKong_

Nov 17, 2025 9:54 AM

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_DonkeyKong_Nov 17, 2025 9:54 AM

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Is this CPU snappy enough

BlueDesk9616

Nov 21, 2025 3:38 AM

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BlueDesk9616Nov 21, 2025 3:38 AM

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Quote from _DonkeyKong_

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Is this CPU snappy enough

it has a Geekbench 6 score of 474 / 1093. That's pretty good for the year 2009 and not bad for 2011, but I'd definitely replace it by 2016.

Over here in the year 2025 a raspberry pi is twice as fast.

_DonkeyKong_

Nov 21, 2025 6:05 PM

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_DonkeyKong_Nov 21, 2025 6:05 PM

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Quote from BlueDesk9616

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it has a Geekbench 6 score of 474 / 1093. That's pretty good for the year 2009 and not bad for 2011, but I'd definitely replace it by 2016.

Over here in the year 2025 a raspberry pi is twice as fast.

thanks, all the scoring sites look like greek to me, but now that you told me about this geekbench 6 score... what is the min geekbench 6 score we should look for in a snappy SD worthly cheap laptop?

BlueDesk9616

Nov 21, 2025 7:48 PM

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BlueDesk9616Nov 21, 2025 7:48 PM

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Quote from _DonkeyKong_

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thanks, all the scoring sites look like greek to me, but now that you told me about this geekbench 6 score... what is the min geekbench 6 score we should look for in a snappy SD worthly cheap laptop?

Personally I wouldn't consider anything with a Geekbench 6 score lower than 1000 single / 4000 multi for productivity tasks. I would consider CPUs lower than this as "junk" tier … this is where you get into CPUs which are typically 4+ years old and were bottom tier even when they debuted … stuff less powerful than today's low end cell phones. When considering hardware like this you're typically much better off just buying a used machine because even a decade old machine is likely drastically more powerful.

Last edited by BlueDesk9616 November 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM.

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_DonkeyKong_

Nov 21, 2025 11:45 PM

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_DonkeyKong_Nov 21, 2025 11:45 PM

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Quote from BlueDesk9616

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Personally I wouldn't consider anything with a Geekbench 6 score lower than 1000 single / 4000 multi for productivity tasks. I would consider CPUs lower than this as "junk" tier … this is where you get into CPUs which are typically 4+ years old and were bottom tier even when they debuted … stuff less powerful than today's low end cell phones. When considering hardware like this you're typically much better off just buying a used machine because even a decade old machine is likely drastically more powerful.

wow okay, thanks

SteveA7911

Nov 24, 2025 8:17 PM

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SteveA7911Nov 24, 2025 8:17 PM

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Less memory 64 GB nut much cheaper:
https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-3i-...46KY9&th=1
I doubt that CPU is not enough for Chrome. The Celerons I bought were fast enough for most things but 4GB DDR was not enough this has 8GB.

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