Whenever we go to buy a laptop or a desktop,we find certain terms like i3 , i5 , i7 and 3rd generation,4 the generation, 5th generation,6th generation etc.,and as a layman it leaves us baffled about which is better to buy.
Here, I will try to clear all the doubts briefly in simple terms. So read along...
First of all we need to understand what are generation and why it keeps being updated with time and what version should we buy..
There are millions of transistors in a processor. It is on this transistors,depends the efficiency of the processor.
At the initial stages of development,these transistors were of bigger sizes,such as 28 nm but with time and rapid improvements in technology this transistors are getting smaller with each and every upgrade and all the more efficient and battery-friendly as it consumes less power. Presently we can see the use of 14nm transistors in latest products.
So an intel core i7 processor of 7th or 8th generation will be better than i7 3rd/4th/5th/6th generations. The same thing applies to core i3 and i5 processors as well.
Then the question arises how can we identify which generation of processor it is? We can find out that in the picture below:
It's clear that the 1st letter after the name of the processor,denotes the generation name . We have also known the fact that we should always prefer to buy the latest version.
Now that we have understood which generation to buy,we should now move to the main topic which demonstrates the comparison between the core i3, i5 ,i7 processors.
Core i3 processor:-
This processor has dual cores. It has hyper threading technology which makes the CPU act as fast as a quad core processor. It has smaller cache memory and consumes less power than the other two because of less cores.
For normal usages like running Windows office,internet browsing, light editing on photoshop and normal game play this processor is absolutely fine. But to do heavier tasks like doing heavy Photoshop work , mixing audio and videos or playing graphics-heavy games it may not be suitable and this leads us to the core i5 processor.
Core i5 processor:-
This processor has two separate variants in desktop and laptop. In laptops,it has only two cores but because of hyper threading it acts as quad core processor . It has better on-board graphics than i3 and supports turbo boost technology which makes it smoother than i3.
The desktop version has a generic Quad core processor but has no hyper threading . So it works as the laptop does, neither more nor less. It can basically do all the tasks that i3 can't but it has its drawbacks. For very high-end gaming, digital audio-video mixing,complex software development and editing we need a better processor which leads us to the i7. But for a normal user it's, according to me,more than enough.
Core i7 processor :-
This processor also boasts of two variants in laptops and desktops.
In the laptops,it has dual or quad core processor depending on the configuration and thickness of the model. Basically the slim ones have dual core processors around 50-65k inr. range and heavy ones have the quad core processors which are also expensive. As it supports the hyper threading technology,it doubles up.
In the desktop version,we find quad core or octa core processor with hyper threading as well .
It has 2-8 memory sticks,faster turbo boost and more cache memory which is vital .We should aware that the more the cache memory the better it is. Among all these processors it has the best on-board graphics and can perform any task that a computer should be able to do. A high-end and advanced user should definitely have this.
So, that's all for now. I hope you liked it and found it helpful and learnt something new as well. Please do share with your friends and family.
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