Macbook Pro 16": i7 vs i9 for gaming

[Keydien]

Hi all,

I'm about to purchase a MBP 16" and my main needs are general office work, 4k media consumption (Netflix etc) and some gaming.

I've decided on the specs of the machine apart from the CPU and wanted to see if anyone has seen any reliable info, or had personal experience they could share.

I'll be getting the 5600m GPU, 32GB of ram and 1TB SSD. Now, both the i7 and i9 will be fine for the work and media consumption, but i'm unsure about the gaming portion. I know games benefit far more from increased CPU clock speed vs more cores once you get to 6 or more cores in your CPU. From all the benchmarks i've seen in reviews of the i7 vs i9 model, under full load the i7 seems to maintain a steady 3.5Ghz where the i9 only maintains 3.0Ghz. This is making me think that with the same GPU - the i7 will actually outperform the i9 in gaming due to the higher maintained clock speeds.

I haven't been able to find anything online comparing the i7 vs i9 with the same GPU. Anyone have any insight into this?

 

[GumaRodak]

Maybe save on cpu and internal gpu and get external egpu instead for gaming?
I beleive that the gpu will give you more performance boost for gaming....

 

[1rottenapple]

I am gaming with the 5300 and it’s great. This is my first PC gaming experience but I’m happy Playing halo collection and other games. I wasnt expecting a lot but so far so good. i think your wallet will dictate your computer. I heard the high end 5600 can even beat egpu. Check it out on YouTube. mac tech did a gaming test on the 5600 and he was impressed.

 

[zehcnassurfero]

I am gaming with the 5300 and it’s great. This is my first PC gaming experience but I’m happy Playing halo collection and other games. I wasnt expecting a lot but so far so good. i think your wallet will dictate your computer. I heard the high end 5600 can even beat egpu. Check it out on YouTube. mac tech did a gaming test on the 5600 and he was impressed.

What are the specs on your MacBook?

 

[puggles]

i7 is fine for gaming. I throttle my i9 when gaming and get better performance.

 

[1rottenapple]

What are the specs on your MacBook?

Base 16 specs with 1tb ssd it’s a capable laptop.