Chromebook Screen Sizes
Current Chromebook screens run from 11.6 to 15.6 inches (29.5 to 39.6 cm). Here is the screen size, resolution and pixel density of each model. The width and height of each screen come from each maker's specs.
What screen size is each Chromebook laptop?
Source: each maker's published spec sheets, linked in the table. Screen width and height are worked out from the diagonal and resolution.
Which Chromebook laptop has the biggest screen?
The Lenovo Chromebook Plus i Gen 10, at 15.3 inches (38.9 cm). Its screen has 83% more area than the Dell Chromebook 11, the smallest in the table at 11.6 inches.
Sit farther away than the last column and you will not see single pixels, with 20/20 vision.
Which screen sizes does Chromebook use?
Our Chromebook list covers three of the nine sizes in our chart. The 11.6 inch size has the most models, with four. Every Chromebook screen in our list matches a chart size exactly.
Five use the wide 16:9 shape and one uses 16:10. At a typical 18 in46 cm, you could make out single pixels on every one of them.
- 11.6 inch: the Dell Chromebook 11, Lenovo Chromebook 500e 2-in-1 Gen 5, Acer Chromebook 311 (C725) and Acer Chromebook 311 (CBOA311-2H), at 1366 × 768.
- 15.3 inch: the Lenovo Chromebook Plus i Gen 10, at 1920 × 1200.
- 15.6 inch: the Acer Chromebook 315 (CB315-6H), at 1920 × 1080.
What Chromebook laptop lines are there?
Chromebooks run ChromeOS and come from many makers, including Acer, Dell and Lenovo. Small, low cost models are common in schools, while newer Chromebook Plus models add sharper screens.
Which Chromebook has the sharpest screen?
1366 × 768 is the most common resolution, on four of them. The Lenovo Chromebook Plus i Gen 10 has the sharpest screen, at 148 PPI. Four models share the softest, at 135 PPI.
From 25 in64 cm away, even the softest of them hides its pixels to 20/20 vision. Of the eight brand lists on this site, Chromebook has the softest screens on average, at 138 PPI.
How big is each Chromebook screen size?
Each size page shows the screen to scale, with the viewing distance and the resolution that suit it.
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How we measure
Screen width and height come from the diagonal and the resolution of each model: width = diagonal × resolution width ÷ √(resolution width² + resolution height²). Pixel density is the diagonal in pixels divided by the diagonal in inches.