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Apologies if this has been discussed before, can't find anything relevant with the search.
Seems that all Skylake-Y are/will be thermally limited in passive notebooks. Given that, at the same SDP of (say,) 3W, is there any difference in performance between the m3, m5 and m7? In other words at the same wattage is the m7 going to churn out more performance than the smaller siblings or when limited they are exactly the same? Or in other words what the heck is the actual difference between these 3?
Reason I'm asking is some vendors (looking at you, Dell!) charge insane premiums for m7 over m5 (~$350) whith otherwise identical systems and even though I'm not $$$-limited that's hard to justify. Especially if it means nothing during sustained loads (don't care about "snappyness" when the difference is 1.8 sec vs 2.0 sec).
Any and all replies appreciated, cheers!
Seems that all Skylake-Y are/will be thermally limited in passive notebooks. Given that, at the same SDP of (say,) 3W, is there any difference in performance between the m3, m5 and m7? In other words at the same wattage is the m7 going to churn out more performance than the smaller siblings or when limited they are exactly the same? Or in other words what the heck is the actual difference between these 3?
Reason I'm asking is some vendors (looking at you, Dell!) charge insane premiums for m7 over m5 (~$350) whith otherwise identical systems and even though I'm not $$$-limited that's hard to justify. Especially if it means nothing during sustained loads (don't care about "snappyness" when the difference is 1.8 sec vs 2.0 sec).
Any and all replies appreciated, cheers!