Comparing an AMD and Intel Processor

[Kalookakoo]

AMD Quad-Core A6-3400M Accelerated Processor (2.3GHz/1.4GHz, 4MB L2 Cache)

vs

2nd generation Intel(R) Dual Core(TM) i5-2410M (2.3 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 2.9GHz

Laptop going to be used for some gaming (with a Radeon 6770) and I will be a electrical/computer engineering major with software concentration so some matlab/programming too.

Suggestions? I would just get the i7 quad but I don't feel like breaking my budget for the extra 100.

[soguxu]

You don't have to get the i7 quad, just get the i5, it's still much faster than the A6.

[abaddon4180]

What soguxu said. In terms of processing power, which you will need for your field, even an i5-2410m destroys AMD's mobile processing power. Even given best-case scenario, the most powerful AMD processor, the A8-3530MX, will barely beat the i5-2410 in processing power

[Kalookakoo]

Edit: Nvm. Thanks

[Cloudfire]

What soguxu said. In terms of processing power, which you will need for your field, even an i5-2410m destroys AMD's mobile processing power. Even given best-case scenario, the most powerful AMD processor, the A8-3530MX, will barely beat the i5-2410 in processing power

Who is this? Who have hacked abaddon`s account?

[Karamazovmm]

I will just say that matlab will love more cores from the i7 2630qm

[Kalookakoo]

I will just say that matlab will love more cores from the i7 2630qm

Can the i5 not handle matlab? Plus, I'm going to a pretty computer oriented college so their computer clusters will be able to handle all my needs perfectly assuming I'm not too lazy to go to them.

[abaddon4180]

Who is this? Who have hacked abaddon`s account?

It might be funny if I had ever said that AMD processors were good when doing CPU intensive tasks

[Karamazovmm]

Can the i5 not handle matlab? Plus, I'm going to a pretty computer oriented college so their computer clusters will be able to handle all my needs perfectly assuming I'm not too lazy to go to them.

it actually can, I ran matlab on a t2500 core duo, however it will be faster on a new cpu, as all things usually are.

I would get the upgrade mainly because it will provide you benefits when there is snow out there and you dont want to walk that much

[Kalookakoo]

it actually can, I ran matlab on a t2500 core duo, however it will be faster on a new cpu, as all things usually are.

I would get the upgrade mainly because it will provide you benefits when there is snow out there and you dont want to walk that much

Lucky me getting assigned a dorm building with a computer cluster inside. Thanks for the help.