So I understand that there's i3 i5 and i7 (is that called chip speed? processor type? what's the term?). and i know the higher the number the better. but what is better, like 10% better, 100% better, 100 times better, what?
then there's generation. 2500, 4500, etc. what do those speeds represent? i'd assume 2500 is 2nd gen and 4500 is 4th gen, and 4th gen would be *substantially* better than 2nd gen.
then there's Ghz. So now there's 3 separate data points. I don't even know how to decipher all this.
I went to one of the online benchmarking sites. I compared an i5 6500 vs i5-3470s. Would've expected there would be a substantial difference. Apparently the former is only THREE PERCENT better than the latter?! So again, how do I make sense of all this?
THis is important because i need to get a new computer. The current one I got in 2011, is an i5-2430M. Then I got one 6 years later for a similar price, and I would've assumed anything you get 6 years later for the same price would be MUCH faster. Turned out it was slower actually. I dont even know how that happened. The newer one was AMD Dual-Core A9-9420. Both are with 6 GB RAM.
I'd be grateful for help!
then there's generation. 2500, 4500, etc. what do those speeds represent? i'd assume 2500 is 2nd gen and 4500 is 4th gen, and 4th gen would be *substantially* better than 2nd gen.
then there's Ghz. So now there's 3 separate data points. I don't even know how to decipher all this.
I went to one of the online benchmarking sites. I compared an i5 6500 vs i5-3470s. Would've expected there would be a substantial difference. Apparently the former is only THREE PERCENT better than the latter?! So again, how do I make sense of all this?
THis is important because i need to get a new computer. The current one I got in 2011, is an i5-2430M. Then I got one 6 years later for a similar price, and I would've assumed anything you get 6 years later for the same price would be MUCH faster. Turned out it was slower actually. I dont even know how that happened. The newer one was AMD Dual-Core A9-9420. Both are with 6 GB RAM.
I'd be grateful for help!