

The TB may also be favorable if you plan to drive two 4k displays from a general performance perspective (including reduced noise.) For certain types of work requiring peak burst performance more than sustained (for example, one program I use that benefits here is SPSS), the nTB's i7 may be favored over both options (with the TB's i7 favored over this) - but, for most work, much of this will not be noticeable to the User. For longer-term sustained high CPU-intensive load (for example, rendering a very high def movie that pegs the CPU to near max load for 30+ minutes), most posts here seem to favor the 3.1 slightly with its +1 fan. I am far from a CPU expert, but in my personal opinion, I would argue that it depends on your work and how you define "performance."įor standard-use business-class and entertainment Apps that are NOT CPU intensive, there really is no noticeable difference (I've played with them side-by-side).
