Which is the better processor?

I am looking to buy a laptop and wanted to know about these processors that come with the different laptops. I heard Intel is better than ATI so I will only purchase Intel. I want to know which is the strongest processor and which is the weakest and if they are able to run programs such as Photoshop and games such as Far Cry 2.

I know that the performance of the game also depends on other specs such as ram and graphics card and such but I want to know just about the processor for now. Thanks.

Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 2.00GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 2.16GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 2.1GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 2.4GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4GHz

Can you order these from best to worst? Also are their other similar onesI am missing?

 

T5800 < T5850 < T8100 < T8300 < P8400 < P8600....

Go for the P8400 or P8600....

Which GPU for gaming ?

 

P8600
P8400
T7700
T8300



I wouldn't go any lower than these.

 

The GPU will probably be 9600M GT/GS or 8600M GT

 

I would get the P8100 unless the price to upgrade is reasonable, then go for the P8400 or even P8600. You probably don't need the upgrade for gaming, but if you use photoshop or CPU intensive programs, you will appreciate the extra power.

edit: oops P8100 isn't on the list, go for the P8400 then. You can get a regular T series processor, haven't seen conclusive benchmarks but I don't think switching to P series will give you that much more battery life (<30 min), though that also depends how much you load the CPU while on battery (25W TDP vs 35W) if you are maxing CPU out.

 

MoeAlza I think you ranked them correctly for performance if power/heat do not matter. I agree with Andy if performance is not the main point just what I think is best/what I would buy myself.

You also must include cost as some upgrades just cost too much for too little improvement.

 

I think a better way to do this is find out your options and post in the "what should I buy?" forum.

 

No actually asking individually about gpu, cpu, etc is more helpful because I get answers which are more detailed. Than I gather all the information at the end and out together the specs I want.

 

I respect that approach. Nothing wrong with gaining knowledge.

If knowledge is what you seek let me give you some things to look at. Clock speed is the most critical element for performance. If clocks are equal or close? 2MB to 4MB and 3MB to 6MB consider about 8% to 10% on CPU intensive tasks 2% to 3% on average and 0% in many. Not really even gaming. Slightly less difference when you double larger amounts of L2 cache. Also FSB is important very slightly and really should make no difference in CPU as a clock is a clock. But it does help with RAM and very hard to completely isolate CPU. I am saying a CPU with a 800Mhz FSB running 667Mhz RAM will out perform a 667Mhz FSB running 667Mhz RAM. Clearly the 1066Mhz FSB on the Montevina running 800Mhz and up will toast the lesser system wide real world. But once again a clock is a clock.