Discussion What is the worst CPU sold in brand new computers?

[NightHawkRMX]

I'm just curious. What do you think is the worst X86 CPU sold in a new computer?

I think some Chromebooks and Windows laptops come with the Intel Celeron N3060.
It has 2 cores and turbos to 2.6ghz. It is even based on 14nm. Sounds ok, but in reality, it gets beat by 10% by a Celeron E1400. The Celeron E1400 is 11 years old, has 2 cores at 2ghz, and is based on the 65nm Conroe architecture. And it still beats the N3060 by a fair margin.

How does the E1400 win? It's sooo much older, has the same amount of cores, and a lower clock speed. It still wins, how?
http://valid.x86.fr/uvwldn
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Celeron-E1400-vs-Intel-Celeron-N3060/m2849vsm130019

 

[USAFRet]

I have few months old Asus Transformer, with an Atom Z8350.

"Worst" is relative.
This does things few others can...last 8 hours on battery.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

At least the atom is a 4 core.
Battery life of this netbook is decent.

 

[DSzymborski]

Are we talking slowest or worst? I'd rather have a slower, less expensive, dependable CPU over a dumpster fire such as the FX-9590.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Id rather havw a 9590. At least it can run run windows well.

The N3060 is usually paired with emmc, meaning windows 7 and below dont work. Windows 8 and up run like crap. Mine runs win 10 from 2017 but its 32gb emmc isnt large enough to update windows, leaving me spectre and mds vulnerable.

Youtube take minutes to load using firefox and it cant even play 720p youtube.

 

[jsmithepa]

If all u can afford is a $300 Chromebook, can't be choosy right.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I can't really complain, i got it for free with wall adapter in non-working condition.

Guy wanted it fixed after he tried to add a hdd, which is impossble on this model. He broke off the wifi card port on mobo. The heatsync wasnt touching the cpu and the screws were rattling loose.

I fixed the heatsync (2 screws is actually fine) and added some paste. Charged it up and it booted up but the touchpad and wifi (expected) didnt work. He just told me to keep it and use the parts.