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"Total dog" for being 7-13% slower-per-thread but offering twice as many cores? This is ridiculous. I am typing this on a i5 Mac with 2C/4T and the difference i
by old-gregg 9y ago
"Total dog" for being 7-13% slower-per-thread but offering twice as many cores? This is ridiculous. I am typing this on a i5 Mac with 2C/4T and the difference in using common office applications (browser, Excel, etc) vs 4C/8T i7 is _insane_. Just using newegg.com is borderline impossible with just a few tabs open unless you have 4 non-SMT threads.
Desktop computing is actually pretty good at utilizing many cores these days: the booting process, starting non-trivial applications, using full-disk encryption, running multiple tabs in a browser (or just having a browser open with a few tabs + something else), in all of these conditions 4c/4t CPU will provide tangible, perceivable difference. 2c/4t CPUs are obsolete and I wouldn't recommend one even for an entry-level computer.
- metalliqaz 9y agoMy experience has been the opposite. For running a browser, I'll take a faster dual core over a slower quad core. Simultaneous tabs are of little use to me if I can't scroll smoothly through Amazon.com.
- rosser 9y agoIt not being the ideal choice for your specific use-case does not in any way make it a "total dog". Just unsuited for you.
- metalliqaz 9y agoI suggest you actually read the article and take a look at the ST performance/price graph that I was referencing. The 1200 is an outlier.
- joezydeco 9y agoJust using newegg.com is borderline impossible with just a few tabs open unless you have 4 non-SMT threads. Can we take a moment...stop...and all re-read this again, and weep for where we've landed with all of this technology?
- Synaesthesia 9y agoDoes the iMac have an SSD? Because that makes a huge difference in UI responsiveness even in web browsing, much more than the CPU at that level anyway.
- wokky 9y agoJust using newegg.com is borderline impossible with just a few tabs open unless you have 4 non-SMT threads. I have four Newegg tabs, one Amazon tab, one Verge tab, and one Engadget tab open in Firefox. CPU utilization is 3% on this ancient i3 laptop. Maybe your experience isn't typical. That's all I'm suggesting.