[Vm-dev] Off-topic: Intel Core i9-9880H vs. Xeon E-2276M

[Alistair Grant]

Hi Paul & Stephan,

On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 at 17:26, Stephan Eggermont <stephan at stack.nl> wrote:
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> > Op 24 sep. 2019 om 17:17 heeft Paul DeBruicker <pdebruic at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
> >
> >
> > Xeon's also get to take advantage of ECC RAM and i9's (and the other i
> > series) don't.
>
> On a laptop? Unlikely. The actual speed difference is probably only dependent on the quality of the cooling and allowed temperatures. With the first 8-core MBPs there were complaints that they were not actually faster because of the heat limitations

Right, ECC is supported on Dell's 3541 with a Xeon processor:
https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/workstations-isv-certified-dell/precision-3541-mobile-workstation/spd/precision-15-3541-laptop/xctop354115us4

Thanks,
Alistair