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Relevant specs for laptop one:
Quad-core Celeron N3450 with Intel HD Graphics 500
6GB DDR3 RAM
eMMC 5.0 storage
Driving a display of a respectable 2376x1823 resolution
Relevant specs for laptop two:
Dual-core Core m3-6Y30 with Intel HD Graphics 515
4GB DDR3 RAM
SATA SSD storage
Driving a display of a meager 1920x1080 resolution
The geeky question for this excellent tech forum: sure, it looks like the 2nd laptop should appear to be the faster one of the two for most use cases and circumstances... but by how much? How does the 1st laptop laptop having a quad-core, but slower per core CPU with 6GB RAM with slightly less powerful integrated graphics driving more pixels with the OS being installed on a relatively slower but OK eMMC 5.0 storage compare to the 2nd laptop having a dual-core, but faster per core CPU with only 4GB RAM with slightly more powerful integrated graphics driving less pixels with the OS being installed on a relatively faster SATA SSD compare? Especially: what are use cases where the 1st laptop is relatively not so bad compared to the 2nd one? What are use cases where the 2nd laptop is usually better? I guess we get more uses cases for the 2nd part than to the 1st part. I'm not an expert on an overall comparison like this where (as it seems) every component counts, but all curious. What are the takeaways?
Quad-core Celeron N3450 with Intel HD Graphics 500
6GB DDR3 RAM
eMMC 5.0 storage
Driving a display of a respectable 2376x1823 resolution
Relevant specs for laptop two:
Dual-core Core m3-6Y30 with Intel HD Graphics 515
4GB DDR3 RAM
SATA SSD storage
Driving a display of a meager 1920x1080 resolution
The geeky question for this excellent tech forum: sure, it looks like the 2nd laptop should appear to be the faster one of the two for most use cases and circumstances... but by how much? How does the 1st laptop laptop having a quad-core, but slower per core CPU with 6GB RAM with slightly less powerful integrated graphics driving more pixels with the OS being installed on a relatively slower but OK eMMC 5.0 storage compare to the 2nd laptop having a dual-core, but faster per core CPU with only 4GB RAM with slightly more powerful integrated graphics driving less pixels with the OS being installed on a relatively faster SATA SSD compare? Especially: what are use cases where the 1st laptop is relatively not so bad compared to the 2nd one? What are use cases where the 2nd laptop is usually better? I guess we get more uses cases for the 2nd part than to the 1st part. I'm not an expert on an overall comparison like this where (as it seems) every component counts, but all curious. What are the takeaways?
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