Core M vs I-series processor

[makazatra]

Hey i have a small dilemma...

 

I'm planning my dreamtrip to Japan, now i am looking for a handy ultrabook to bring along for editing a few pictures there (and also on the plane for entertainment ofcourse)

 

After looking for a while i came upon the Zenbook series from ASUS.

 

The dilemma i'm facing is take the ultra portable version with the Core M series

or

Get more power (and a bit more weight) with the I7 series in it

 

Pro's Core M: Lighter, more battery life (almost half a centimeter thinner)

Pro's I7: More power

 

The amount of weight i can take on the plane is also limited (10KG)

Bag + DSLR + 2 Lenses= ~6-7KG

 

So yeah, the Core M series looks very interesting, but i have no idea how it preforms in Lightroom (35MP images, light editing of colors/white balance/etc.)

 

I do it on a ASUS Transformer T100 right now (but its soooo sloooooooow)

 

What would you guys do?

[Kherm]

For what you're doing, get an i7 or an i5

[ZetZet]

get a surface pro 4 as light of a laptop you can get and the i7 version is powerful enough.

[makazatra]

get a surface pro 4 as light of a laptop you can get and the i7 version is powerful enough.

The surface pro has a horrible battery if you compare it to the zenbook tho

[19_blackie_73]

the difference between core m and i7 will be like day and night.

For that purpose, I'd take a look at i5 5200u / 6200u or a i7

[Philosobyte]

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-Zenbook-UX305FA-Subnotebook-Review.140770.0.html

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-Zenbook-UX305LA-Core-i7-Subnotebook-Review.151679.0.html

Based on these reviews, your battery life assertion is false. The i7-5500U version of the notebook has better battery life due to a larger battery. 

I would get the i7 version. 

 

I'll post some tests with Lightroom later.

[Funtron5000]

The Core M will throttle itself under that kind of load. Those aren't really meant to do actual work. Especially if you'll need to be editing photo after photo.

Here's the Intel comparison:

 

http://ark.intel.com/compare/85214,84672

[ZetZet]

The surface pro has a horrible battery if you compare it to the zenbook tho

well, yeah, but it's light and tiny.

[Philosobyte]

I realized after my post that this year, my school's laptop doesn't have Lightroom preinstalled I would have to manually download it from the server, which would be a pain. Lightroom worked well without lag on the i3-4000m when I used it last year, though.

 

Unfortunately, it looks as if the M5Y10 has similar performance to the latest T100's processor, the x5-Z8500 (it would have been nice if you had specified which processor your computer has). Lightroom is multi-threaded. 

Cinebench R15 Multi 64bit

x5-Z8500 - 127

5Y10 - 150

i7-5600U - 296

i3-4000m - 240

 

That's not much of a performance difference between the latest T100 (reviewed by Notebookcheck two months ago, dunno when it was released) and the 5Y10 Zenbook. The i7-5500U Zenbook is going to give you double the performance with better battery life.

[makazatra]

I realized after my post that this year, my school's laptop doesn't have Lightroom preinstalled I would have to manually download it from the server, which would be a pain. Lightroom worked well without lag on the i3-4000m when I used it last year, though.

 

Unfortunately, it looks as if the M5Y10 has similar performance to the latest T100's processor, the x5-Z8500 (it would have been nice if you had specified which processor your computer has). Lightroom is multi-threaded. 

Cinebench R15 Multi 64bit

x5-Z8500 - 127

5Y10 - 150

i7-5500U - 296

i3-4000m - 240

 

That's not much of a performance difference between the latest T100 (reviewed by Notebookcheck two months ago, dunno when it was released) and the 5Y10 Zenbook. The i7-5500U Zenbook is going to give you double the performance with better battery life.

My T100 has the Atom Z3740 Processor (yes, its old )

 

Would lightroom benefit if i get the I7 version (I7-6500U) with the NVidia 940M or is just the CPU enough?

The system would not be used for gaming so yeah, i'm kinda thinking for CPU only (if they make one in skylake), else the I7-5500U would be my best option.

Correct me if i'm wrong tho

[Philosobyte]

My T100 has the Atom Z3740 Processor (yes, its old )

 

Would lightroom benefit if i get the I7 version (I7-6500U) with the NVidia 940M or is just the CPU enough?

The system would not be used for gaming so yeah, i'm kinda thinking for CPU only (if they make one in skylake), else the I7-5500U would be my best option.

Correct me if i'm wrong tho

Same story. 

3DMark06

Z3740 - 1838

M5Y10 - 1987

i3-4000M - 3098

i7-5600U - 3825

 

Huuuge jump in performance with the i7. 

I don't know much about the GPU acceleration. In fact, there's not much literature on it - the best I could find was this review, which says there's a big difference in Develop mode: http://www.tested.com/tech/photography/522430-living-photography-adobe-lightroom-6-review/

If you don't use Developer mode (I never did), then there will be no benefit from getting the GPU version.