Same question I hear all the time; clock vs series

[randomstar]

I am a bit confused, really. Knowing that the SB cpu are faster, the i7 is better, all that..
for a general purpose , CAD and light/Medium Gaming Notebook- Is it really better to go for i7 say, 740 (low clock speed) vs an i5 higher clock?
I know that in a perfect world where everything utilized multi-thread and all that, the i7 would be obvious. but we dont live in that world, do we?

 

[randomstar]

WOW - Nobody? No benchmarks with multi-thread apps vs single thread? No " games cant use the cores" or anything?

 

[Maziar]

Image/video editing apps along with some games that benefit from multi-core CPUs, benefit from a quad core CPU.

 

[randomstar]

Enough to overcome the 2.8+ clock vs 1.6-1.73 clock?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Exactly what processors are you comparing?

Maybe this helps?

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-cpu-core-i5-2500k-amd-e350,2843-6.html

 

[Maziar]

to OP
In multi-threaded apps/games yes.
to anort3
The review is for desktop CPUs;whereas,the OP is asking about mobile CPUs.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

to OP
In multi-threaded apps/games yes.
to anort3
The review is for desktop CPUs;whereas,the OP is asking about mobile CPUs.

Oops should have noticed that.