[Qgis-user] Fwd: QGIS hardware recommendations?

[Alex M]

On 10/21/2015 11:27 AM, Brent Wood wrote:
> One point to note - be careful on your cpu choice. I7 does not mean faster than I5, but does generally mean more cores. Clock speed is also misleading, an I5 2.67 cpu can be substantially slower than an I5 2.6Ghz (I have one of each in front of me right now - with same memory & disk).
> 
> eg: from PassMark CPU Benchmarks - High Mid Range CPUs
> Intel Core i7-2640M @ 2.80GHz      3,914 
> Intel Core i7-4550U @ 1.50GHz       3,893 
> Intel Core i3-4110M @ 2.60GHz      3,873 
> Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz         3,869 
>  Intel Core i7-3537U @ 2.00GHz       3,857 
>  Intel Core i5-5300U @ 2.30GHz       3,849 

http://cpuboss.com/ makes it really easy to compare the cpu before buying.

(PS: if you want to overclock you need the models that end in K)

-Alex