Air vs Pro Performance (i7 5650u vs i5 5257u)

[manwinder]

Hey guys, so i was wondering why is it that a 15 watt (i think) CPU is on par or out performs a 28 watt CPU. Looking at the benchmarks the i7 Air processor usually is around or above the i5 Pro scores.

Now is this because of say the turbo boost and that for short periods of time the i7 (air) can perform just as well as the pro, but just not for extended periods of time? Or is this some weird efficiency thing. I would love a pro with a 15 hour battery life running an i7 Air (since it performs just like the i5 in benchmarks). Is my logic invalid somewhere?

Benchmark here: http://www.primatelabs.com/blog/2015/03/macbook-air-pro-benchmarks-march-2015/

 

[locksmack]

Yep, higher turbo boost, thanks to being a higher binned chip. The Airs can actually sustain turbo boost for long periods of time, plus I think the i7 has an extra mb of L3 cache over the i5.

 

[manwinder]

Yep, higher turbo boost, thanks to being a higher binned chip. The Airs can actually sustain turbo boost for long periods of time, plus I think the i7 has an extra mb of L3 cache over the i5.

thanks for the reply, makes sense