• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Performance Advantage in two mobile cpus

H

hennessy1

Golden Member
What is the performance advantage of the i7-620m over the i3-330m for normal day to day use web browsing, word documents?
 
General usage, probably won't be much difference. The i7-620m does have a turbo mode so if you tend to run a lot of single threaded apps, you may see some benefits there.
 
If all you're duty is light duty apps, stick with what you have. In fact, if you're looking to increase responsiveness, throw in a SSD. I put a 60GB Vertex 2 in my laptop that's two years old and the thing feels incredibly snappy even though it's still rocking a C2D T5850.
 
Last edited:
Ok sounds good to me. Thank you. The fact that it has hyper threading will help with those multi single threaded apps correct even if it doesn't have turbo?

Because I don't think that there will be a whole lot of word or excel apps open at once.
 
Last edited:
hennessy1 said:
Ok sounds good to me. Thank you. The fact that it has hyper threading will help with those multi single threaded apps correct even if it doesn't have turbo?
Click to expand...

Hyperthreading has its benefits but it truly doesn't replace actual CPU cores. But yes, HT helps with apps that support multi-threaded code.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top