Intel i3-5015U vs. Intel Celeron 3215U - is the extra $100 USD worth it?

[FarNerdy]

Hi all,

I'm purchasing a travel laptop machine that comes with the option to have either a Celeron 3215U or i3-5015U for the processor. I know that the i3 is a better processor overall. But there is a $100 price difference between the two, which is a bit hefty if it won't be a big difference in the end.

The rest of the specs on the machine are such:

- 13.3-Inch Full HD IPS Display (1920x1080)
- 4 GB RAM / 16 GB Solid-State Drive
- LED-Backlit Keyboard
- 802.11 A/C
- USB 3.0
- Bluetooth 4.0
- various other components but none worth mentioning for this

So...is it worth the extra $100 for the i3 processor with the extra threads and cores? As I said, it's a travel machine, mainly going to be used while I travel and edit documents, web browse, check emails, stream Netflix and Spotify, and other various needs such as Skype calls once in a while. Any and all opinions are welcome!

Thank you in advance for your opinions and suggestions!

 

[Karsten75]

oh heck yes, get the i3-5015U. If you have the money you won't regret it in the long run.

 

[shahrya]

i'd personally go with the i3 because of my recent experience with celeron, celerons are at 100 percent usage while you have chrome open and have more than 2 tabs open it will start to lag and sometimes even freeze up and you can notice that while playing a video in youtube and doing something else in the background it will really lag. so overall i think that i3 would be the best choice for now and future.

 

[alth0triplemadang]

Yes, its really-really worth, indeed.
Celerons are just a piece of crap.