Comparing old i3 to Ryzen or i7s how?
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Is there a simple website that would allow me to workout the relevant performance levels between laptop versions of i3 (I've one of these), i5, i7 chips to the desktop versions of the same including newer Ryzen chips?
I've got a work supplied i7 Surface Pro with 16Gb of RAM and while it boots up quickly, the graphics card doesnt really refresh my QHD 32" monitor. I quite fancy a new desktop and want to work out where I need to be chipset and graphics card wise to be superior to my work machine. Examples welcome.
I've got a work supplied i7 Surface Pro with 16Gb of RAM and while it boots up quickly, the graphics card doesnt really refresh my QHD 32" monitor. I quite fancy a new desktop and want to work out where I need to be chipset and graphics card wise to be superior to my work machine. Examples welcome.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/ lets you compare models. You can endlessly compare specific stats but the CPUmark score is a decent comparator.
You've also got the added complication of some laptops being classed as 'desktop replacements' where they'll use a desktop CPU in a chunkier laptop chassis, and will sometimes have a discrete GPU rather than the iGPU built into the CPU.
Generation of CPU will also be a factor. For example a 10th Gen i3 may be faster than a 4th Gen i7.
So be very careful that you're putting in the full CPU model number - and not just the numbers, but the letters at the end of the code are important too.
What is the spec of the laptop you currently have? My 5 year old work-supplied 'workstation laptop' has a Intel i7-6820HQ CPU with an Intel HD530 iGPU running the internal display and a discrete Nvidia Quadro M2000M GPU for the external displays.
Generation of CPU will also be a factor. For example a 10th Gen i3 may be faster than a 4th Gen i7.
So be very careful that you're putting in the full CPU model number - and not just the numbers, but the letters at the end of the code are important too.
What is the spec of the laptop you currently have? My 5 year old work-supplied 'workstation laptop' has a Intel i7-6820HQ CPU with an Intel HD530 iGPU running the internal display and a discrete Nvidia Quadro M2000M GPU for the external displays.
Edited by mmm-five on Friday 15th October 09:59
You could do all that. But it's a bit of a waste of time.
For most people and most workloads, any modern CPU is more than good enough. If you are a developer running lots of VMs, or if you're a cinematographer transcoding terabytes of video, or if you're a hardcore gamer chasing high FPS at 4k then yes, you might want to look at CPU performance. But for most, it's largely irrelevant.
More important will be the amount of RAM you have (16GB is a good minimum), plenty of fast storage (a couple of TB of NVMe is good), and keeping your machine free of crap that slows it down (uninstall Norton the first chance you get
).
But the CPU is probably the least relevant part of the spec these days.
For most people and most workloads, any modern CPU is more than good enough. If you are a developer running lots of VMs, or if you're a cinematographer transcoding terabytes of video, or if you're a hardcore gamer chasing high FPS at 4k then yes, you might want to look at CPU performance. But for most, it's largely irrelevant.
More important will be the amount of RAM you have (16GB is a good minimum), plenty of fast storage (a couple of TB of NVMe is good), and keeping your machine free of crap that slows it down (uninstall Norton the first chance you get
).But the CPU is probably the least relevant part of the spec these days.
sjg said:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/ lets you compare models. You can endlessly compare specific stats but the CPUmark score is a decent comparator.
This would be my advice to, it gives you an overall score that you can then compare to other CPUs. Yes it doesn't really take into account single/multi core performance but for your average person this score is the easiest way to compare them.As has been said, the whole i3, i5, i7 etc means very little as an early generation i7 is going to get blown away by the latest version i3 now.
An early i7-610E has a CPU benchmark of 1818
A current i3-10325 has a CPU benchmark of 10157
As to whether a certain PC can display in QHD 2560 X 1440, that is an entirely different kettle of fish and is purely related to the graphics card.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/9793/best-cpus
That’s worth a quick read if you’re trying to get up to date with current CPU’s.
I’ve had a Ryzen 5950X and 3090FE since the end of last year and with PBO enabled it boosts to over 5Ghz across 16 cores. By far the best CPU I’ve owned but overkill for most things. However, if you’re not on a tight budget I can heartily recommend the 5950X.
A decent gen 4 NVMe on an X570 motherboard and I don’t think you can go wrong really.
As always there’s new tech coming next year but you can wait for the next best thing forever.
That’s worth a quick read if you’re trying to get up to date with current CPU’s.
I’ve had a Ryzen 5950X and 3090FE since the end of last year and with PBO enabled it boosts to over 5Ghz across 16 cores. By far the best CPU I’ve owned but overkill for most things. However, if you’re not on a tight budget I can heartily recommend the 5950X.
A decent gen 4 NVMe on an X570 motherboard and I don’t think you can go wrong really.
As always there’s new tech coming next year but you can wait for the next best thing forever.
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