Macbook Pro minor CPU differences?

[Defcry]

Simply said, I was always in a believe that differences between i3 - i5 - i7 series is mainly based on number of threads and cache. But down below, there are two options of Macbook Pro CPUs one i5 the other i7, but according to information I found the difference is only in clock speed. It comes to me that i5 is quite a bargain then and very good option (considering it is $300 cheaper) and only lacking 0.2 GHz base clock speed and 0.4 GHz Turbo, while maintaining same cache, threads, cores count and hyper-threading. What do you think guys? Am I correct?

 

• A.) i5 - 2.3 GHz / Turbo 3.6 GHz (should be Intel Core i5-7360U)
• B.) i7 - 2.5 GHz / Turbo 4 GHz (should be Intel Core i7-7660U) + $300

 

Both options should feature the same features: 2 cores, 4 threads, hyper-threading, 4mb cache.

[Ashiella]

11 minutes ago, Defcry said:

Simply said, I was always in a believe that differences between i3 - i5 - i7 series is mainly based on number of threads and cache. But down below, there are two options of Macbook Pro CPUs one i5 the other i7, but according to information I found the difference is only in clock speed. It comes to me that i5 is quite a bargain then and very good option (considering it is $300 cheaper) and only lacking 0.2 GHz base clock speed and 0.4 GHz Turbo, while maintaining same cache, threads, cores count and hyper-threading. What do you think guys? Am I correct?

 

• A.) i5 - 2.3 GHz / Turbo 3.6 GHz (should be Intel Core i5-7360U)
• B.) i7 - 2.5 GHz / Turbo 4 GHz (should be Intel Core i7-7660U) + $300

 

Both options should feature the same features: 2 cores, 4 threads, hyper-threading, 4mb cache.

I gotchu

[Defcry]

So, basically this proves it. +1.03% increase in bench is definitely not worth spending $300 more

[kirashi]

6 minutes ago, Defcry said:

So, basically this proves it. +1.03% increase in bench is definitely not worth spending $300 more

Yeah, even according to Intel Ark there's little to no difference between them. https://ark.intel.com/compare/97537,97535

 

Now, if Apple offered laptops with an i7-7700HQ CPU like Dell did in their "MacBook actually Pro" lineup it'd be worth the upgrade.

[Defcry]

50 minutes ago, kirashi said:

Now, if Apple offered laptops with an i7-7700HQ CPU like Dell did in their "MacBook actually Pro" lineup it'd be worth the upgrade.

Well they offer even more. You have the i7-7920HQ option in the full-packed 15 inch. But, these are the options for 13 inch without touch bar.

[kirashi]

5 minutes ago, Defcry said:

Well they offer even more. You have the i7-7920HQ option in the full-packed 15 inch. But, these are the options for 13 inch without touch bar.

Ah, good to know. See, if Apple actually listed the exact CPU you were getting on the specifications pages I'd have known. le sigh Anyway, the 13 inch MacBook "Pro" is pretty limited, probably due to space inside the laptop. It's similar to how Dell's XPS 13 also only handles the U SKU Intel CPUs.