Hey all, so I've always understood that this scheme/pattern applies in desktop processors:
i3 - 2 cores/4 threads hyperthreading
i5 - 4 cores/4 threads
i7 - 4 cores/8 threads hyperthreading
While the desktop CPUs seem pretty straightforward, the laptop ones aren't so much. I've been searching for a new laptop lately, but to my disdain, I find that most of the mainstream i3, i5 and i7s seem to be 2 cores/4 threads hyperthreaded. They all seem the same to me and I'm not sure what to make of benchmark numbers. Can the benchmark scores be compared apples-to-apples with desktop CPUs? What are the primary differences between the different "tiers" of laptop CPUs?
On the same topic, how can I tell if I can replace a CPU in an old laptop with another one? For desktops, it'd be easy to find the motherboard model and chipset and determine compatibility, but I can't for the life of me, find the compatibility list for my laptop. Or even the name of my laptop motherboard.
TLDR; what's the difference between i3, i5, and i7 in laptop cpus? How to compare them to desktop CPUs? How can you determine CPU compatibility in different laptops?
i3 - 2 cores/4 threads hyperthreading
i5 - 4 cores/4 threads
i7 - 4 cores/8 threads hyperthreading
While the desktop CPUs seem pretty straightforward, the laptop ones aren't so much. I've been searching for a new laptop lately, but to my disdain, I find that most of the mainstream i3, i5 and i7s seem to be 2 cores/4 threads hyperthreaded. They all seem the same to me and I'm not sure what to make of benchmark numbers. Can the benchmark scores be compared apples-to-apples with desktop CPUs? What are the primary differences between the different "tiers" of laptop CPUs?
On the same topic, how can I tell if I can replace a CPU in an old laptop with another one? For desktops, it'd be easy to find the motherboard model and chipset and determine compatibility, but I can't for the life of me, find the compatibility list for my laptop. Or even the name of my laptop motherboard.
TLDR; what's the difference between i3, i5, and i7 in laptop cpus? How to compare them to desktop CPUs? How can you determine CPU compatibility in different laptops?
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