which one? i5 or i7 for editing videos

chapapa07 · Mar 27, 2014

Im going to start editing videos with camtasia studio, sony vegas, and videopad, I dont know if
these programs take advantage of the extra horse power of an i7, Im on a tight budget so I really cant waste money.

Btw, how much ram should I have?

Thank you for any help you can provide.

DarkSable · Mar 27, 2014

What are you doing this FOR?

If it's for work, or possibly even for school, where there is a tangible benefit to having your projects render faster, get the i7. If not, pocket the $100 and wait a few more minutes for your projects to be done.

chapapa07 · Mar 27, 2014

@DarkSable is for work.
could you give me an example about the gap of time between working with a i5 4670 and i7 4770?

DarkSable · Mar 27, 2014

I don't have any personal experience with it, but the difference in performance between the two is only going to be between 10-30%, depending on how well threaded the program is. That being said, if it's for work, AND you have jobs coming in at a constant rate, that means 10-30% more scratch in an hour, which makes a big difference.

Also, why not split the difference? Get an i5-4670k and a decent CPU cooler, overclock it, and get the job done faster than an i7-4770 would.

MFBLO96 · Mar 27, 2014

I have a 4770k and I have found that hyperthreading boosts preformance by 56% in rendering tasks.
It has the same price to performance as the i5

If it's not a stretch then go for it
If your not sure about it then don't go beyond you means

DarkSable · Mar 27, 2014

^I find that very hard to believe, as the theoretical maximum of hyperthreading is about 30% and rarely ever gets that. This is an old article, but the technology of hyperthreading does not change.

"Video encoding sees gains of up to 23%, while 3D rendering gets a boost of as much as 10%."

From: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Intel-Core-i7-Nehalem,2057-12.html

MFBLO96 · Mar 27, 2014

Hyperthreading on I get a cinebench score of 756
Hyperthreading off I get a cinebench score of 512
Cinebench is rendering an image

I guessed the percent the first time, It work out to be closer to 50%
For gaming it does not make a large difference at all (15-20%). But when the computer plans out tasks ahead of time I can make a big difference. I've ran tests and seen the results.
Btw. the link was 3gens previous hardware, hyperthreading has become more efficient since then.

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