Which laptop is better ?

Hello
which of this laptop is better


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the main purpose of the laptop will be to run development ides ( Eclipse , visual studio )
and Databases ( Sql server and maybe oracle) but i also plan to using it for low gaming
so which do you recommend the i3 whit GeForce GT 520M or the i5 with HD 3000
i'm open to hear others recommendation from $500 to $550

In the mobile world, an i5 is really just an i3 with a clock speed boost. .2GHz isn't much at all and I'd definitely go for the discrete graphics.

But i3/i5 has more processing power which is good in the tasks the OP stated. On the other hand, the A8 has 4 physical cores while the i3/i5 have 2.

The i5 also has turbo so you should account for that too when comparing vs an i3. There is a difference between cpu intensive and if it is multithreaded. Those development software are multithreaded and regardless of number of cores, the i3/i5 beat the a8 in any cpu task. But the a8 will win in gaming with the better gpu. Although it's not twice the fps, it's more like 50%. http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 59-17.html The i5 is a good amount faster if you're main concern is development. The hd3000 is still good enough for low end gaming.

...Just noticed this was a month old, the op most likely already made a decision but the info is good for anyone searching now.