I am currently running an i3-2330M @ 2.2GHZ -- I was looking at 5th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-5010U processor. I understand obviously that the new one would be a 5th Gen and it's a 5010U which is obviously higher than a 2330M, BUT would the GHZ be higher?
I am just wanting to make sure that this laptop would be an upgrade and not so close to current specs I won't be able to tell a difference.
Performance depends on several factors. The short answer, not really. The performance difference between 2.20 and 2.10 GHz is unnoticeable. The major differences between 2nd and 5th Gen. Intel core i processors are a couple of added features, power consumption and data/RAM handling differences. In the end, it really depends on what you need, and what is cost efficient.
I see that the 5010U has IntelHD 5500 graphics, while the 2330M has IntelHD 3000, so the new processor would play videos/games faster.
