Intel Core i5-650 Quad Core Processor (3 20GHz) or AMD Phenom II X4 830 Quad Cor

[johnson1999]

which will perform better

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

Just so you know the Intel® Core™ I5 650 is a dual core processor that has hyper-threading. If you are looking for a 1st generation Intel Core processor that is a quad take a look at the Intel Core I5 750. Or if you are looking for a 2nd generation Intel Core processor that is a quad you can check out the Intel Core I5 2500. You can see some information on all of these processors at http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=52209,42915,43546,.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[popatim]

i5-650 in most apps. the quad in some that can use all the cores.

 

[johnson1999]

Intel i7-2620M Quad Core Processor (2.7GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.4GHz)
8GB Memory and 750GB Hard Drive

this would be better ?? for gaming

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

The Intel® Core™ I7-2620M is a very nice processor in the mobile environment. For gaming this dual core processor with hyper-threading would be a very good processor except for applications that are heavily multi-threaded will take advantage of 4 threads or more. With that type of software a full quad core laptop processor might have an advantage if it was running at close to the same speed.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team