Evening,
Sorry if I posted this on the wrong forum, not sure if this kind of question should go to this section or the laptops section..
Quick question, I'm not really well-versed in the world of laptop CPUs, but I was wondering which "modern-era" CPU has equal performance to the i7-6700HQ??
Some background, I have a laptop powered by the 6700HQ CPU that I use to run a work-related program. Now, I'm not a programmer or anything (and I really can't divulge much more info about the program, sorry), but for some reason the program can only run well on CPUs with 6700HQ-level performance or above. This is reflected on the laptop issued by the company, they all are powered by either i7-6700HQ, i5-6300HQ, or i7-7700HQ . One of my coworker bought a laptop with i7-7500U (I think, but it was 7th gen) and she told me the program "lagged all over the place". I don't know if it's the core counts or the clock speed or if the program was badly made.... but it is what it is.
Now, my laptop is dying. It's been 6-7 years, so I guess it's high time for an upgrade anyway. Unfortunately, I'm kind of strapped for cash right now and I honestly I don't want to spend too much for performance I don't need. So I'm looking for a "sidegrade". I wanted a newer laptop that has a performance roughly equal to the old i7-6700HQ.
By newer, I meant.... maybe 8th gen or newer Intel?? Or even AMD Ryzen, that's ok too. Has technology progressed far enough for a relatively new i5 or even i3 to match the old i7-6700HQ in performance? I mean, in desktop GPU side a decidedly midrange 6600XT could give a 1080 Ti a run for its money these days, maybe the same thing also applies on the mobile CPU world?
Anyway, thank you in advance.
Sorry if I posted this on the wrong forum, not sure if this kind of question should go to this section or the laptops section..
Quick question, I'm not really well-versed in the world of laptop CPUs, but I was wondering which "modern-era" CPU has equal performance to the i7-6700HQ??
Some background, I have a laptop powered by the 6700HQ CPU that I use to run a work-related program. Now, I'm not a programmer or anything (and I really can't divulge much more info about the program, sorry), but for some reason the program can only run well on CPUs with 6700HQ-level performance or above. This is reflected on the laptop issued by the company, they all are powered by either i7-6700HQ, i5-6300HQ, or i7-7700HQ . One of my coworker bought a laptop with i7-7500U (I think, but it was 7th gen) and she told me the program "lagged all over the place". I don't know if it's the core counts or the clock speed or if the program was badly made.... but it is what it is.
Now, my laptop is dying. It's been 6-7 years, so I guess it's high time for an upgrade anyway. Unfortunately, I'm kind of strapped for cash right now and I honestly I don't want to spend too much for performance I don't need. So I'm looking for a "sidegrade". I wanted a newer laptop that has a performance roughly equal to the old i7-6700HQ.
By newer, I meant.... maybe 8th gen or newer Intel?? Or even AMD Ryzen, that's ok too. Has technology progressed far enough for a relatively new i5 or even i3 to match the old i7-6700HQ in performance? I mean, in desktop GPU side a decidedly midrange 6600XT could give a 1080 Ti a run for its money these days, maybe the same thing also applies on the mobile CPU world?
Anyway, thank you in advance.