Google’s latest push in the laptop market is the Googlebook. More powerful than a Chromebook but not on par high end gaming laptops, the Googlebook sits in the middle where most laptop users work. The pricepoint is $899 and it runs Android. Sounds like a good match for an Android phone. It also uses Google Gemini for those artificial intelligence (AI) needs that everyone has, usually.

Things can be a bit different under the hood which is where MediaTek’s later Dimensity CX C10 Max comes into play (Fig. 1). It joins the other processors power Googlebooks including the Snapdragon X Elite in the XPS and HP Googlebooks and the Intel Core Ultra 5 found in the Acer, Lenovo and Asus Googlebooks. All look to deliver long battery life, good AI performance and good CPU/GPU performance.

The 3-nm Dimensity CX C10 Max CPU complex has a high-end Cortex-X925 plus three Cortex-X4 and four Cortex-A720 cores. They share a 12 MB L3 cache and a 10 MB system level cache with a 9600 Mb/s LPDDR5X memory interface. This is designed to deliver 15% more multi-thread performance than earlier platforms while using half the power when comparing single-thread operation.

The Immortalis-G925 GPU has eleven cores. It also supports ray-tracing. The GPU was also used in the Dimensity 9400+. The chip supports up to a 32 Mpixel camera with full HDR zoom and electronic image stabilization via the Imagiq 1090 ISP (image signal processor). The GPU can drive up to two 4K displays. The camera input is handled by the AI ISP.

These laptops are designed for wireless environments. The Dimensity CX C10 Max support Wi-Fi 7 delivering up to 7.3 Gb/s. It also supports the latest Bluetooth 6.0.

Of course, AI with have both the GPU and the MediaTek NPU 890 that delivers 55 INT8 TOPS of performance. It is designed to support large language models (LLM) locally as well as supporting agentic AI chores locally. Given the wireless connectivity, it will be possible to link to agents in the cloud as well.

As with most Googlebooks, runtime is important. The Dimensity CX C10 Max should allow systems to run for 19 hours with a typical battery.

Chromebooks will continue to fill out the low-end targeting schools where cost is key and performance is less of an issue where functionality and connectivity are more important. Googlebooks target the main laptop users that need more performance. The additional AI boost will allow them to compete with x86-based Windows machines and Macs. I have not had a chance to play with a Googlebook yet but I will let you know if I do.