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Hi,

 

I want to buy a laptop for graphic design. Not too much rough use only will use it for any urgent case. I will buy them as a used product.

I wanna know that which processor will be more better Intel Core i5-4210U 4th Gen or Intel Core i3-7100U 7th Gen

 

Thank you!

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7100U is certainly faster, but the CPU alone does NOT make a laptop. Everything else has to be considered, e.g. chassis, monitor, keyboard etc.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

7100U is certainly faster, but the CPU alone does NOT make a laptop. Everything else has to be considered, e.g. chassis, monitor, keyboard etc.

Thank you, The ram will be 4 gb and display will be 1366x768 for both, only the cpu is different,

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2 minutes ago, Stu_Bear said:

The 7100u is better, but barely...

 

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Thanks! for the chart

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They're functionally almost identical. The 4210U has a higher turbo at 3.7 GHz, but its base speed is lower and it's stuck with Haswell IPC. The 7100U has a higher base speed of 3.4 GHz, but it's really kind of a draw. You're better off getting your hands on an -8000 series U for the quad cores if you can. Failing that, load up the RAM and get an SSD in there.

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Get the one that's not going to physically break after a year

Before you reply to my post, REFRESH. 99.99% chance I edited my post. 

 

My System: i7-13700KF // Corsair iCUE H150i Elite Capellix // MSI MPG Z690 Edge Wifi // 32GB DDR5 G. SKILL RIPJAWS S5 6000 CL32 // Nvidia RTX 4070 Super FE // Corsair 5000D Airflow // Corsair SP120 RGB Pro x7 // Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 850w //1TB ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro/1TB Teamgroup MP33/2TB Seagate 7200RPM Hard Drive // Displays: LG Ultragear 32GP83B x2 // Royal Kludge RK100 // Logitech G Pro X Superlight // Sennheiser DROP PC38x

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1 minute ago, aisle9 said:

They're functionally almost identical. The 4210U has a higher turbo at 3.7 GHz, but its base speed is lower and it's stuck with Haswell IPC. The 7100U has a higher base speed of 3.4 GHz, but it's really kind of a draw. You're better off getting your hands on an -8000 series U for the quad cores if you can. Failing that, load up the RAM and get an SSD in there.

Thank you for your great reply, But now I can effort only any one of them I mentioned. I can't get any 8000, can you please suggest? which one?

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Just now, Mister Woof said:

Get the one that's not going to physically break after a year

Ah, I see....Thank you

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5 minutes ago, MasudRana said:

The ram will be 4 gb and display will be 1366x768 for both

These two will be the real stinker as far as specs go though, especially the monitor. This res is only found on crappy TN panels today, so don't finalize any design with this.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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3 minutes ago, MasudRana said:

Ah, I see....Thank you

I had a decent specced laptop a couple years ago (hp pavilion, i5-6300HQ, 16GB RAM, GTX 960M 4GB, 128GB SSD), but the damn thing just kind of fell apart after a year. Keyboard wonky, hinges wonky, speakers cutting in and out.

 

So if you actually haul it around, favor construction over specs. Within reason, of course.

Before you reply to my post, REFRESH. 99.99% chance I edited my post. 

 

My System: i7-13700KF // Corsair iCUE H150i Elite Capellix // MSI MPG Z690 Edge Wifi // 32GB DDR5 G. SKILL RIPJAWS S5 6000 CL32 // Nvidia RTX 4070 Super FE // Corsair 5000D Airflow // Corsair SP120 RGB Pro x7 // Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 850w //1TB ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro/1TB Teamgroup MP33/2TB Seagate 7200RPM Hard Drive // Displays: LG Ultragear 32GP83B x2 // Royal Kludge RK100 // Logitech G Pro X Superlight // Sennheiser DROP PC38x

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4 minutes ago, MasudRana said:

Thank you for your great reply, But now I can effort only any one of them I mentioned. I can't get any 8000, can you please suggest? which one?

i5-8250U or i5-8265U would be ideal. If your budget only allows for one or the other of the options you mentioned, I'd lean towards the 7100U. That said, if the 4210U's laptop is of better build quality and will leave you room in the budget to add RAM, go that way.

Aerocool DS are the best fans you've never tried.

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