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    VPC-Z Masters - School me on the 2.66 Vs. 2.8 CPU Option

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by maven1975, May 11, 2011.

  1. maven1975

    maven1975 Notebook Evangelist

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    Heres my question.

    There seems to be a lot of debate on the 2.66 vs the 2.8 option. I have read the the 2.66 i5 actually outperforms the 2.8 i7. Does the 2.8 not have a higher clock and 1MB more Cache?

    Is this true? Does anyone here want to enlighten me on this situation?

    Thanks in advance!
     
    maven1975, May 11, 2011
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  2. Achusaysblessyou

    Achusaysblessyou eecs geek ftw :D

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    Probably not... in any case, you probably wont notice much, if any, difference between the two processors in everyday usage. You'll only notice a difference if you are doing some CPU intensive task that takes ~100% of CPU

    edit: also, knowing intel, the i5-580M is most likely a downclocked & locked i7-640m or one that did not perform up to i7-640m specs.
     
    Achusaysblessyou, May 11, 2011
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  3. MISQ

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    it is possible that i5-580 is even better
     
    MISQ, May 11, 2011
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  4. Brianho1337

    Brianho1337 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well the i7-640M is supposed to be better. Though in most cases I'd say there wouldn't be much of a difference.
     
    Brianho1337, May 11, 2011
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