4 weaker Braswell cores or 2 stronger i5 cores?

[def_now]

For web and mobile app development.

Intend to run 1-2 Virtualbox or VMware guest VMs loaded with Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux for single developer environment. Each virtual machine is not expected to have heavy workload (unlike production server).

Is 4 weak Atom-based Braswell cores or 2 strong Ivy bridge/Haswell i5 cores better?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

No. Atom sucks.

Wouldn't 2 i5 cores be an i3? Or are you talkin laptops?

 

[def_now]

No. Atom sucks.

Wouldn't 2 i5 cores be an i3? Or are you talkin laptops?

Yes, it's a laptop processor I am talking about. i5, 2 cores with hyperthreading.

Apology for the confusion.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Yes, it's a laptop processor I am talking about. i5, 2 cores with hyperthreading.

Apology for the confusion.

Got it.

Still/also better than 4 Atom cores.

More expensive for a good reason.

 

[XavierMace]

I'd really want an actual quad for running two VM's on top of my regular OS.

 

[AMDisTheBEST]

Braswell? Is that atom? Are you gonna use your braswell device like a tablet or run Linux on it? If not, STAY AWAY!!!! Get an ULV i5 or better yet, ARM processor if you want tablet. Both beats puny atom everytime, everyway.

 

[XavierMace]

He told you exactly what it's going to be used for.

 

[VirtualLarry]

No. Atom sucks.

That's basically the bottom line. I mean, I'm a patient fellow, but my N2830 Atom laptop, running Win10 64-bit, browsing these forums WITHOUT NoScript, bogs down so bad. It takes like a whole minute or longer for each page load, due to all of the ad-server scripts running. It's pathetic (and abusive, really).

My same desktop boxes, with G4560 CPUs, running the same Waterfox 51.0.1 64-bit browser on Win10 64-bit, load pages in a matter of mere seconds.

 

[AMDisTheBEST]

Atom for VM is pure madness. Dual core i5 with hyperthreading is over 2x faster than atom in multicore.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Another vote for the i5. Also, try to get 16 GB RAM since swapping to disk will hammer VM performance into the ground.

 

[ehume]

Atom for VM is pure madness. Dual core i5 with hyperthreading is over 2x faster than atom in multicore.

And here I thought that i5 with hyperthreading is an i7 . . .

 

[AMDisTheBEST]

And here I thought that i5 with hyperthreading is an i7 . . .

if its quad core then yeah. but i said dual core

 

[hojnikb]

Atom sux, plain and simple. No amount of cores makes this better.

Yes, it's good for it's indented purpose (low power, cheap devices) but thats about it.