7700hq VS 8750h, I know 6 is more than 4 but is that a good thing in this case?

[pdxgfx]

I'm thinking of upgrading my current work laptop 4720HQ 16GB of Ram to one of the new Dell G series laptops that feature the new 8750h chip. I work in After Effects, Premiere Pro and C4D which are extremely RAM hungry applications. My question is that with 6 cores (12 virtual) will I effectively be RAM starved with a 16GB maximum versus 16GB with a 4 core system like a 7700hq. Of course if I can upgrade it to 32GB that would negate this question but that does not seem to be an option here. Any insight?

 

[2sidedpolygon]

Higher core count ≠ Higher memory usage. The 8750h will give you better performance.

 

[pdxgfx]

Higher core count ≠ Higher memory usage. The 8750h will give you better performance.

Your answer intrigues me and I can see results on some Cinebench scores that reflect that but what about dealing with 4K imagery in After Effects (RAID storage/SSD speed aside)?

 

[2sidedpolygon]

Higher core count ≠ Higher memory usage. The 8750h will give you better performance.

Your answer intrigues me and I can see results on some Cinebench scores that reflect that but what about dealing with 4K imagery in After Effects (RAID storage/SSD speed aside)?

The 8750h is faster. That's all there is to it.