[Solved] 1st Gen Core i5 vs 2nd Gen Core i3?

The only thing about those benchmarks is they don't tell you exactly the specs of the systems being tested and often for instance the graphics cards used are not the same. When I reviewed the original tests for the i3, i5, i7 they used 3 different graphics cards but never specified which one was used for which CPU for the tests. It has been a problem with anandtech's reviews for awhile they don't seem to have consistency leaving you in the air as to how legit the reviews are.

Motherboard differences memory differences can completely skew the test results tremendously. If you look at that review the i3s are beating out almost all of the i7s in everything too.

According to notebookcheck.net , they say core i5 460m is more powerful than the core i3. Although the difference from what i can see isn't much.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel [...] 318.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel [...] 993.0.html

Core i5 position 27
Core i3 position 47.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobil [...] prime_32=1

Now without having notebooks with similar cpu arrangements (having both a 1st and 2nd gen core i notebook) i cant really say if the benchs look right or not.

Hope this helps.

Best answer selected by shreejan86.

I thought HD3000 only came with the "k" sku's....

^ +1