Hardware Unboxed once again offers us a fascinating comparison. And this time it is the Snapdragon 835 and Intel Celeron N3450 processors under the Windows 10 operating system.
The Snapdragon 835 has nothing to contend with in pure performance
Microsoft and Qualcomm have pulled out an emulation layer that allows ARM processors to be used on the Windows 10 operating system. So, opening the door to laptops with a battery life of 20 hours or more. Emulation is a process that always involves a loss of production. So the question arises as to how Windows 10 and x86 software will work on a processor based on the ARM architecture.
Snapdragon 835 vs. Intel Celeron N3450 on Windows 10
Hardware Unboxed has pitted the Snapdragon 835 against the Intel Celeron N3450. That is one of the world’s most potent ARM processors against one of the most first and power-efficient X86 chips. The evidence is pretty clear, the Windows Store applications are pretty optimized, and Qualcomm’s processor holds up to the guy pretty well. But once we get out of there its performance plummets, and it has nothing to deal with the Intel Celeron N3450.
The bottom line is clear, today’s ARM processors are short of power to run Windows 10 successfully through emulation. That is what was expected, but has finally been confirmed. The gross performance of the Snapdragon 835 is not much higher than that of the Intel Celeron N3450. So you don’t have to deal with this when you have to deal with a layer of emulation. However, in autonomy, they are the undisputed kings.
The situation may change as ARM processors become more powerful. Although x86 processors continue to evolve as well, so it seems very difficult to close this gap.