INTEL core i5 2400 vs INTEL core i5 2300 and intel i3 540 vs intel i3 2100?

Question

Which processor is the i5 processor among the two and the best i3 processor among the above two.
Please give a comparison of the i5s separately and comparison of i3s separately.

Also please give the price of the above 4 processors. Which one should i opt for my budget of  Rs.33,000. The new system will be basically used for gaming, graphic designing and programming.

Please help me out along with the Prices of the above 4 processors????

Sameer · Accepted Answer

intel core i5 2400 is faster than core i5 2300 and intel core i3 2100 is way faster than intel core i3 540.

see benchmarks here for gaming performance.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_7.html#sect0
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/20

all socket 1155 processors are much faster or faster than their predecessors for both gaming and multimedia applications.

core i5 2400 is faster than similarly priced core i5 760 and costs around Rs.9750

core i3 2100 is faster than similarly priced both i3 530/540 and should cost around Rs.6000.

as for i5 2300,costs around RS.9300.

? · Answer

Intel Core I5-2300

artashes · Answer

i5 2400($220 USD) is of course better than i5 2300($200 USD).

i3 2100(about $120 USD) is better than i3 540($120 USD)

INTEL core i5 2400 vs INTEL core i5 2300 and intel i3 540 vs intel i3 2100?

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