I'm split between buying an HP Envy and a Toshiba Satellite. I like the Envy a little bit more, and the only thing that is making the decision difficult is that the Satellite has an Intel i7-4710HQ while the Envy has an Intel i5-4210M. Both laptops have 16GB of RAM and the same integrated graphics. Cpuboss gives the i7 a "Boss Score" of 8.3 and the i5 a 7.3, for whatever that's worth. It does seem like in the benchmarks they do that at their base processing power, they both perform similarly. They scored almost identical on "Single Core Performance" (8.9 score for the i5 and 9.1 for the i7) It's only when the abilities of both cards start to get pushed that the i7 will really shine over the i5 (7.3 for the i5 and 9.2 for the i7)
I'm gonna be using my laptop for lighter gaming, as well as streaming, editing, multitasking, and some other things that go a bit beyond the realm of light graphics needs. But is this just fussing over nothing? Will I really be able to notice the difference between 2 cores, 3.2 GHz and a 3MB cache and 4 cores, 3.5 GHZ and 6MB cache? Also, even though I have a lot of RAM (and a good processor either way), will the difference even matter with the integrated graphics? I don't need to run new games on high settings, but will either of these builds even be able to run newer games on medium or low settings? I know integrated graphics can kill the ability of the computer, and I'm not sure if having a 2.5-3.5GHz processor and 16GB of RAM will be enough to make it proficient at gaming.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
I'm gonna be using my laptop for lighter gaming, as well as streaming, editing, multitasking, and some other things that go a bit beyond the realm of light graphics needs. But is this just fussing over nothing? Will I really be able to notice the difference between 2 cores, 3.2 GHz and a 3MB cache and 4 cores, 3.5 GHZ and 6MB cache? Also, even though I have a lot of RAM (and a good processor either way), will the difference even matter with the integrated graphics? I don't need to run new games on high settings, but will either of these builds even be able to run newer games on medium or low settings? I know integrated graphics can kill the ability of the computer, and I'm not sure if having a 2.5-3.5GHz processor and 16GB of RAM will be enough to make it proficient at gaming.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!