I'm looking for a decent laptop with a discrete GPU for my wife. A desktop is not an option. While I'm no expert when it comes to computer parts, I'm not completely clueless when it comes to building a PC. However, while looking at laptop CPU specs, I see that all laptop processors (even really expensive ones) have crazy-low clock speeds. While I know that clock speed isn't everything (hence me not owning a single AMD processor), looking at specs for laptop processors have left me confused. I literally have no idea where to start. Why do they have these low clock speeds? Are they underclocked or something to keep temps low? I just want to be able to understand them better in comparison to desktop CPUs.
Since I really don't have a clue what to look for, I don't know what questions to ask, actually. But I guess the following would be a start:
A.) Can modern laptops come close to the performance of a desktop?
B.) Would an i3 (for example) laptop processor running at 2.20 GHz perform roughly the same as a desktop i3 CPU running at 2.20 GHz as well? Or are laptop processors optimized for lower clock speeds?
Since I really don't have a clue what to look for, I don't know what questions to ask, actually. But I guess the following would be a start:
A.) Can modern laptops come close to the performance of a desktop?
B.) Would an i3 (for example) laptop processor running at 2.20 GHz perform roughly the same as a desktop i3 CPU running at 2.20 GHz as well? Or are laptop processors optimized for lower clock speeds?