Is the Intel Core i5 mobile processor better than the Intel Core i7 mobile processor?
- by Tim Barnaski
I'm shopping for a new laptop from Dell (going to install Ubuntu on it) and I'm currently trying to sort out which processor I want.
Based purely on the clock speed, it would seem that the core i5 is better than the core i7.
The Intel® Core™ i5-430M has a 2.26GHz clock speed, while the Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Quad Core Processor only has a 1.6GHz…