Qualcomm Snapdragon C Arm SoC outperforms an Intel N250 CPU by up to 67 percent in "unplugged" benchmarks - CNX Software

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon C entry-level Arm SoC for $300+ Windows laptops at Computex 2026 with a ridiculously small amount of details last May, so we had to rely on the specs of the upcoming Acer Aspire Go 15 (AG15-Q31P) laptop.Qualcomm has now released a document entitled “Snapdragon C Platform Overview” with more technical details and “unplugged” benchmarks – meaning running on batteries – comparing a Snapdragon C laptop to one based on Intel Processor N250 Twin Lake SoC. The presentationSnapdragon C specifications:

CPU – Up to an octa-core Kryo processor at up to 3.0 GHz (single-core) or 2.0 GHz (quad-core) with 2 MB total cache; note: no data for eight cores

GPU – Qualcomm Adreno GPU at up to 900 MHz

AI accelerator – Built-in Qualcomm Hexagon NPU (still unspecified performance)

System Memory – Up to 16GB LPDDR5/5x or LPDDR4