- May 18, 2010
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I want to double check I am not missing anything. Haven't really been up on CPU stats in a few years now.
I have a mid-2014 Macbook Pro, top CPU available at the time is in it. i7 4980 HQ
I have been using a Lenovo since then, which I got a great deal on, but it's only a dual core i5.
My primary purpose is music production. The Lenovo is ok, but it's limited on the total number of VST plugins it can handle before I have to increase ah heck size to 2048, and even then, it will start dropping out/crackling quickly.
I kind of want to stick with a PC, I don't like the new Macbook Pros that much. However, when I started researching recent i7s, it seems that their CPU Passmark is not much higher than the 10,200 that my Macbook Pro has! In fact, even the new i9 isn't that much faster - it's just the two cores that increase its score:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i9-8950HK-vs-Intel-i7-4980HQ/3246vs2327
I know the newer CPUs are more power-efficient, but am I missing out on something else? I sometimes do photo editing or video work. Is there something with the encoding that will help more for 4k footage or something like that?
Am I right in focusing on CPU for music production/VST hosting? I believe CPU clock speed and number of cores is the top factor. Or is there such a difference in SSD speeds (the Lenovo is SATA, not NVME m.2 - whereas the Macbook Pro was the fastest available at the time) or something else that would make a new model laptop perform better?
I was really surprised because even looking at the Lenovo P71, the Xeon chips they use there are only about a 10,600 Passmark score!
Even going to a desktop would only get me up to 16,000 it appears.
It seems like that 2014 Macbook Pro had an excellent CPU after all!
I am getting dizzy from researching new laptops... I have looked at all gaming laptops, many of the workstation models, Surface Book, etc. I knew getting into this Lenovo that the dual core would be an issue, but it was such a good deal and I wanted to try the WIndows 10 experience.
Am I correct in surmising that basically, Intel has done nothing significant for performance yet again in the past four years, like in the three years before that, except for making the CPUs more power-efficient and with better onboard graphics?
Part of me is considering just building a desktop, and remoting in from my current laptop if I really want to use it from the laptop (it would be in the same or next room, so the audio gear would be still hooked directly to the desktop). It really doesn't seem I would gain much from upgrading the laptop (in comparison to the 2014 Macbook Pro - obviously there would be a huge gain compared to the dual core i5 Lenovo Yoga 14 I am currently using - but I could go back to using the Macbook Pro, I mean, rather than buying something new).
I have a mid-2014 Macbook Pro, top CPU available at the time is in it. i7 4980 HQ
I have been using a Lenovo since then, which I got a great deal on, but it's only a dual core i5.
My primary purpose is music production. The Lenovo is ok, but it's limited on the total number of VST plugins it can handle before I have to increase ah heck size to 2048, and even then, it will start dropping out/crackling quickly.
I kind of want to stick with a PC, I don't like the new Macbook Pros that much. However, when I started researching recent i7s, it seems that their CPU Passmark is not much higher than the 10,200 that my Macbook Pro has! In fact, even the new i9 isn't that much faster - it's just the two cores that increase its score:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i9-8950HK-vs-Intel-i7-4980HQ/3246vs2327
I know the newer CPUs are more power-efficient, but am I missing out on something else? I sometimes do photo editing or video work. Is there something with the encoding that will help more for 4k footage or something like that?
Am I right in focusing on CPU for music production/VST hosting? I believe CPU clock speed and number of cores is the top factor. Or is there such a difference in SSD speeds (the Lenovo is SATA, not NVME m.2 - whereas the Macbook Pro was the fastest available at the time) or something else that would make a new model laptop perform better?
I was really surprised because even looking at the Lenovo P71, the Xeon chips they use there are only about a 10,600 Passmark score!
Even going to a desktop would only get me up to 16,000 it appears.
It seems like that 2014 Macbook Pro had an excellent CPU after all!
I am getting dizzy from researching new laptops... I have looked at all gaming laptops, many of the workstation models, Surface Book, etc. I knew getting into this Lenovo that the dual core would be an issue, but it was such a good deal and I wanted to try the WIndows 10 experience.
Am I correct in surmising that basically, Intel has done nothing significant for performance yet again in the past four years, like in the three years before that, except for making the CPUs more power-efficient and with better onboard graphics?
Part of me is considering just building a desktop, and remoting in from my current laptop if I really want to use it from the laptop (it would be in the same or next room, so the audio gear would be still hooked directly to the desktop). It really doesn't seem I would gain much from upgrading the laptop (in comparison to the 2014 Macbook Pro - obviously there would be a huge gain compared to the dual core i5 Lenovo Yoga 14 I am currently using - but I could go back to using the Macbook Pro, I mean, rather than buying something new).
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