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How to choose an appropriate CPU:

Thanks to all for such quick responses... Well, I was actually looking for a graph that compares CPUs performances. I used to be able to find such graphs here long time ago. Maybe that's too naïve with all the selections these days. I was going to use the comparison to choose a moderately priced $500 - $700 laptop as a Christmas gift. The recipient is not a avid gamer, but loves to browse, social media, eBay -- a general home user. Again, thanks to all.
 
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First you have to figure how much you want to spend. If it is an upgrade you're looking to do, your budget will likely have to include a motherboard and possibly ram.

Then you have to take a look at manufacturers. AMD and Intel both have their advantages. AMD is very good at being value oriented while intel fills the top performance role.

You have to account for all this while looking at what you want to do. For example, if your budget allows for either an i5 or an 8350 your choice would have to come down to how you use it. Both are similarly priced and offer similar performance in most things. The i5 is a bit better in gaming but the 8350 is significantly better in anything that is heavily multi threaded (video editing, rendering...
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First you have to figure how much you want to spend. If it is an upgrade you're looking to do, your budget will likely have to include a motherboard and possibly ram.

Then you have to take a look at manufacturers. AMD and Intel both have their advantages. AMD is very good at being value oriented while intel fills the top performance role.

You have to account for all this while looking at what you want to do. For example, if your budget allows for either an i5 or an 8350 your choice would have to come down to how you use it. Both are similarly priced and offer similar performance in most things. The i5 is a bit better in gaming but the 8350 is significantly better in anything that is heavily multi threaded (video editing, rendering, video encoding, code compiling, etc.)

so if you take away anything from my post it should be this. You need to be more specific. I tried covering all the bases but in the end, we need to know a lot more about your situation if you are looking for specific help.
 
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Thanks to all for such quick responses... Well, I was actually looking for a graph that compares CPUs performances. I used to be able to find such graphs here long time ago. Maybe that's too naïve with all the selections these days. I was going to use the comparison to choose a moderately priced $500 - $700 laptop as a Christmas gift. The recipient is not a avid gamer, but loves to browse, social media, eBay -- a general home user. Again, thanks to all.
 
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Laptops in that price range usually have either integrated graphics or very low end dedicated graphics. All in all, if gaming is a concern it might be best to get a laptop with an AMD A8 or A10. They perform pretty well for the price for gaming and they have awesome integrated graphics. These can handle many games at playable frame rates at low to medium settings.

If you could find an i3/i5 with a GTX 650m or even a GT 640m in that price range you'd be better off going with that but other than that, if gaming is a concern at all, I'd stick with AMD's A8 or A10.
 
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