It seems like the early tests could be somewhat bloated in favor of the i7 due to hyperthreading. I know its faster but some of the geekbench scores are really huge in comparison. Can anyone clear up what a real world type of difference there is. I'm trying to decide between the top 27" i5 and i7 and I just dont know if I'm over thinking it too much. I want this computer to last me several years. I'm upgrading from a 2007 macbook c2d so I guess whichever I pick is going to be a night and day difference.
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real world differences i5 vs i7
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The real world difference is about 39 seconds when encoding a 5 minute clip in Handbrake.
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http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/287?vs=363
Basically, the difference isn't huge unless you are doing heavily threaded tasks where the HT can help. In general, it will help in tasks like video editing, encoding, rendering etc.
Basically, the difference isn't huge unless you are doing heavily threaded tasks where the HT can help. In general, it will help in tasks like video editing, encoding, rendering etc.
I know its a dumb question thats been asked a million times but I dont know if the diffences are really just in bragging rights or if there will be a clear difference down the road. I'll use it for photo editing, garageband, browsing normal stuff, and gaming.