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Tossing up between an i5 and an i7 for someone who does both programming and devops. Languages used are Go/C/C++. Go builds are spectacularly fast so I don't t
by commandersaki 4y ago
Tossing up between an i5 and an i7 for someone who does both programming and devops.
Languages used are Go/C/C++. Go builds are spectacularly fast so I don't think I'll notice a difference between i5 and i7. For C/C++ some projects I work on are large, for example the Linux kernel, but again I don't think I'll notice a huge gap between i5 and i7.
I think what interests me in the i5 versus i7 aside from i5 being cheaper is that the i5 might be more energy efficient than the i7; is that even a valid claim?
Also really hoping that some day they'll release a laptop keyboard with the inverted-T layout like Apple laptops.
- RainaRelanah 4y agoFor laptops, CPU choice often comes down to wait for reviews and thermal tests. An i9 can perform like an i5 if it's on your lap. Or it can perform like an i5 if it's on your desk. All comes down to cooling efficiency.
- infinityplus1 4y agoIf you can afford it, then just get the i7. If you get an i5, you'll keep wondering how good the i7 would be. Or decide after seeing benchmarks.
- lhl 4y agoTypically, higher SKUs within the same power class (eg, U/P/H) are better binned so tend to not only perform better but also more efficiently, since they need to reach higher clocks at the same TDP. The biggest performance difference between the i5-1240P and i7-1260P BTW though will probably be that the i5 only has 12MB of L3 cache, while the i7 has 18MB: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html?productIds=226254,132221 https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html?pro...