Xeon, i5, and i7  Discussion in 'iMac' started by mrbrycel, Nov
1, 2012.    1. macrumors member      May 18, 2010     I know
this may be a dumb question, but what is the difference between
an Intel Xeon processor, an i5, and an i7?      How much
difference would I notice (in terms of processor) between an
older mac pro with two dual-core 2.66ghz intel Xeon and a new
iMac with a quad-core 2.7ghz i5?   2. macrumors member      Feb
14, 2009     For every day tasks such as Internet, iPhoto,
iMovie, games the difference would be very small      Flash
drives, more ram and a better gfx would give a beter speed bump
3. macrumors 6502       Jun 4, 2012   4. macrumors newbie
Jan 2, 2012     If you convert videos and render a ton, the i5
would be noticeably faster.      Otherwise... no difference at
all.      Xeons, i3s, i5s, and i7s are all generally based on
the same silicon (as long as they're part of the same
generation), it's just that intel chooses to blow off a few
transistors in each model to make more mo