Meanwhile, wireless connections include 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.2. There's no support for the latest Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) wireless standard.

Two other Android benchmarks focus on the CPU and GPU respectively. Geekbench by Primate Labs uses all available cores and threads to simulate real-world applications ranging from PDF rendering and speech recognition to machine learning, while GFXBench 5.0 stress-tests both low-level routines like texturing and high-level, game-like image rendering that exercises graphics and compute shaders. Geekbench delivers a numeric score, while GFXBench counts frames per second (fps). Thus, this Lenovo Chromebook should have no problem streaming videos, browsing the internet, or working on Microsft Word. As a matter of fact, the laptop should be able to handle light multitasking. It achieves this by putting the processor’s cores through a series of intensive workloads. In doing so, producing a single-core score and multi-core score.

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Lenovo's Flex 3 doesn't deviate from this trend but it does introduce a new Intel CPU, the N100. The first of the silicon giant's N-series processors we've had a chance to test, it differs from Intel's Core series by ditching the multithreaded Performance cores (P-cores) and having only single-thread Efficient cores (E-cores). The N100 has four cores, reducing power draw to squeeze longer battery life out of the lightweight laptops for which it's designed. In other words, it's just about perfect for a Chromebook.

Notwithstanding, the Lenovo Chromebook Flex 3’s top bezel creates room for an HD 720p webcam at the center. This webcam offers reasonable performance for conducting video calls and taking selfies in well-lit environments. After thorough consideration, I will rate the Lenovo Chromebook Flex 3 a seven out of ten in this processor review section. Lenovo Chromebook Flex 3 Memory (RAM) Performance Review The Lenovo Chromebook Flex 3 runs on a 3-cell 42 WHr lithium-ion battery. According to Lenovo, this Chromebook has a battery life of 16 hours. The 12.2-inch touch screen is also a decent fit for the convertible design. Just a little smaller than an 8.5-by-11-inch sheet of paper, it's a fine size when held in the crook of an arm in tablet mode, on a table or desk in laptop mode, or propped up on your knees while reclining on the couch. With 10-point touch and 1,920-by-1,200-pixel resolution, the display looks sufficient and responds to every touch easily. Obviously, it's not as sharp or vibrant as a larger, high-res screen or OLED panel, but it's more attractive than you'd expect at this price. If you crave higher resolution, the processor and full-size HDMI port can drive a 4K external monitor.

Well, you have to read the subsequent sections below. Lenovo Chromebook Flex 3 Design, Display, Ports, and Connectivity Review However, the keyboard of the laptop isn’t the best out there. Considering all these, I will rate the Lenovo Chromebook Flex 3 an eight out of ten in this design review section. Lenovo Chromebook Flex 3 Processor (CPU) Performance Review Thus, with this CPU, the Lenovo Chromebook Flex 3 won’t be able to handle demanding tasks like video editing or heavy multitasking. Nonetheless, the laptop should be able to seamlessly handle word processing, web browsing, and other simple tasks. Clearly, this laptop is compact and light enough to be carried around with ease. Moreover, compared with most of the Chromebooks in its category, the Lenovo Chromebook Flex 3 weighs less. Were this a Windows machine, that Intel Celeron chip, 4GB of memory and 64GB eMMC SSD would be enough to invoke fear of the almighty, as in almighty awful performance. But not in a Chromebook.