Processor comparisons

[Tempto]

Hello,

This is not specifically a Mac issue but I could not find anywhere else more suitable to post it. Being not very processor-savvy, I was just wondering how several processors would fare against each other, namely the:

i3 3.2GHz 4MB Cache vs i7 2.13GHz 8 MB Cache

i3 3.2GHz 4MB Cache vs i7 1.73GHz 6 MB Cache

and finally

i3 3.2GHZ 4MB Cache vs i5 2.53 3 MB Cache

I could not find any results on Google, as my queries were obviously too specific.

Thanks for any input.

 

[robbieduncan]

Try something like this.

 

[Tempto]

Thanks for your reply. From what I can tell from that link, comparing the [closest] models I was asking about, I came to the conclusions that the models I listed opposing the i3 are significantly faster. I wasn't expecting that big of a difference, taking into account the clock speed was seemingly much higher.

 

[robbieduncan]

I linked to desktop CPUs. Maybe you need to look at laptop ones...

 

[Tempto]

Hmm? Would you happen to have a similar link for laptop models? =)

 

[patchouli]

processors

Hello,

This is not specifically a Mac issue but I could not find anywhere else more suitable to post it. Being not very processor-savvy, I was just wondering how several processors would fare against each other, namely the:

i3 3.2GHz 4MB Cache vs i7 2.13GHz 8 MB Cache

i3 3.2GHz 4MB Cache vs i7 1.73GHz 6 MB Cache

and finally

i3 3.2GHZ 4MB Cache vs i5 2.53 3 MB Cache

I could not find any results on Google, as my queries were obviously too specific.

Thanks for any input.

I did a lot of research before purchasing my Mac. These are Intel processors. Go to the Intel site where they list the specs for every one of their processors. Instead of doing a comparison search on your models above, do a search just on one at a time, and look at reviews. I went to a bunch of places to get different info and created a spreadsheet so I could compare the various specs and it really helped a lot to see them all side by side in a 'big picture'.