Intel Mobile Core i3

TheBrainyOne · Apr 20, 2014

I was comparing mobile Core i3s with their respective mobile i5s and I realized that mobile i5s provide more features (Turbo Boost etc.) and more GHz but cost either the same as i3s or lower. What is the world is going on with Intel's mobile lineup?

http://ark.intel.com/compare/75104,76348,75105,75110,75107,75459,75988,75802,75989,75990,75991

micropage7 · Apr 20, 2014

cost lower? i5 has different market than i3. i3 for entry and basic features but i5 for better performance. maybe if you wanna compare like pentium G with i3

MadMan007 · Apr 20, 2014

First, tray prices on the Intel Ark mean nothing - you can't buy these as bare chips anyway, so who knows what system integrators actually pay. Second, with mobile chips you really have to take TDP rating into account for pricing as well. 15W and lower chips often are as expensive or more expensive than 'better' 35W chips because they take more binning and validation to work at lower voltages.

WhoDecidedThat · Apr 21, 2014

MadMan007 said:
First, tray prices on the Intel Ark mean nothing - you can't buy these as bare chips anyway, so who knows what system integrators actually pay. Second, with mobile chips you really have to take TDP rating into account for pricing as well. 15W and lower chips often are as expensive or more expensive than 'better' 35W chips because they take more binning and validation to work at lower voltages.

i3s and i5s have the same exact TDP. Did you even check his links?

CJCerny · Apr 21, 2014

"U" processor costs more than a "M" processor. You pay more for a processor that uses fewer watts. You are paying for the extra battery life.

cheesy999 · Apr 21, 2014

blanarahul said:
i3s and i5s have the same exact TDP. Did you even check his links?

37W 37W 15W 15W 15W 15W 11.5W 11.5W 28W 28W 28W

Very similar numbers

That said the 4200u is quite out of place

CJCerny · Apr 21, 2014

Their pricing is all about the # of cores, speed of those cores, and the watts used by those cores at those speeds. Watts don't matter on a desktop CPU when it comes to pricing. On a mobile CPU, pricing is all about performance per watt.

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Intel Mobile Core i3

TheBrainyOne

micropage7

MadMan007

WhoDecidedThat

CJCerny

cheesy999

CJCerny