Solved! I5-480m vs i5-560m vs i5-2410m

[auashok]

I am a matlab user with optimization toolbar. I planning to buy i5 laptop.
I need expert advice on selection of processor between i5-480m , i5-560m , i5-2410m.
Thanks
-Ashok

 

[WR2]

Hello auashok;

Very very close in overall performance.
Looking at the big list of mobile CPU performance benchmarks you'll find the i5-2410M ranked #35, i5-560M #36 and i5-480M @ #41.
I very much doubt you (or MATlab) would be able to notice the difference unless you testing/benchmarking with a stopwatch.

 

[sidewinderx2]

The 2410M has a slightly better integrated graphics card, better single-thread application performance than the other two. The 2410M, along with the 560M, also has some security-related hardware that the 480M does not have. If your matlab processes interacts with anything that requires encryption, then that may be important to you.
IIRC, matlab is well threaded, so the 2410M's better single-thread performance shouldn't matter that much, but the better integrated graphics should make your general user experience somewhat better.

Basically, 2410>=560>=480 (more = than > in most cases)