Which One is Best intel i5 or i7?

To be honest, Your best Value for editing video on a Mac is the 21" or 27" iMac with Quad core Intel-i5 and 16gb. of ram and a 1tb. fusion drive. Final Cut pro or iMovie editors.

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However if you must use a Macbook then look at this.

Your Best Value would be a Macbook Pro 2016 15" with Quad core Intel-i7 6700 CPU

16gb of ram

500gb. SSD.

Why

1) The Quad core i7 has twice the performance of the dual core i5

2) 16gb of ram is best for Video editing. MacOS Sierra will suck up 8gb immediately.

3) a 500gb SSD has twice the capacity and will last twice as long in endurance over a 250gb SD. Also you will need the storage space for large videos and if you plan to use dual boot bootcamp MS-Windows and OS-X.

For Video editing I would get the Intel-i7 6700 CPU and the Best Graphics chip option.

Video editing in Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premier requires allot of resources. Especially if you plan on editing in 4K.

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By definition the i7 is the higher end CPU option.

RAM will be of much more use for Photoshop and large image rendering and handling than the slightly faster CPU.

With that said, if price is no object, go for the higher end i7 CPU, otherwise the i5 is fine for most uses.

The i7 will be a better performer than the i5 and naturally the faster the speed the, quicker will be the performance.

That said, if the budget is unlimited, do go for the faster (more expensive) CPU. If money is an issue, I usually advocate spending money in this sequence: Storage should be adequate for ones needs and perhaps a little more. In portable mode, it is so much better not to be forced to travel with an external HDD. One can never have too much storage. RAM cannot be increased after the sale so if you are dealing with resource intensive applications, get as much as you budget allows. CPU enhancements are last on the list. One can always wait a minute or two while the CPU crunches the data. In most real world situations, the differences between the CPU speeds will not be noticeable (ie. emails and web browsing). It might be different if you were in an avocational situation but not so critical for students.

Ciao.

Hi,

Personally, I'd get the i7. As far as the i5 2.9 vs 3.1GHz, I would EDIT: NOT even consider paying extra for it.

Please see edit; I forgot the "not."