2010 i5 or 2009 i7 - are the the same??

[kultschar]

Been offered a good price on a used 2.8 quad core i7 however for a little bit extra I can get a new 2.8 quad i5

I will be running logic but not sure if the i5 is better, same or worse due to the drop in numbers

 

[Warbitrary]

The processors will be equivalent for general computing tasks, but the i7 will be faster for video encoding, heavily multi-threaded tasks, and possibly running virtual machines (like Windows in Parallels).

The Mid-2010 graphics card is 5-15% faster for most games.

 

[aliensporebomb]

Logic

If you run logic you want the i7.

This is what you see as far as the processor meters with an i7 machine:

Whereas with the i5 you see four bars not eight. Logic spreads its workload across the four real and four virtual cores and you essentially have the
capability of a quasi-8-core.