i3 vs i5 laptop

Moses148

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Two laptops, identical in everyway bar the price and processor. The i3 - 5020u is £350 whereas the i5 - 4210u is £400. Now the i3 is 5th gen while the i5 is 4th gen making the performance closer then normal (e.g. between two 4th gens). The i3 does however have a better integrated graphics chip than the i5. The laptop will be used for general use but may occasionally be used for videos and games (only games that require low GPU processing power such as dota and rocket league). Which processor would be the better option?
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-15-ac152sa-15-6-laptop-silver-10138355-pdt.html
 
That comes down to you. Trade off between graphics and processing. I dont know off the top of my head, but does thay i5 have 4 real cores? (Not hyper threaded) or is it 2 cores and hyper threaded? If it is hyperthreaded, go with the i3 because of the superior gpu capabilities and too similar cpu ability.
 


they are both got 2 reals cores and hyper threaded