Desktop vs Laptop 2015 Comparing my systems AMD FX-4100: Processor: AMD FX-4100 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 74GB Western Digital WD740GD-00FL, Graphics: AMD 3D Rage Pro PCI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.3.3-2-ARCH (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4 Core 2 T5200: Processor: Intel Core 2 T5200 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Abit iL-90MV(Intel i945GT-ICH7m-DH) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M, Memory: 1536MB, Disk: 74GB Western Digital WD740GD-00FL, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC882, Monitor: 37LF65, Network: Intel 82573L Gigabit + Qualcomm Atheros AR9287 Wireless OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.3.3-2-ARCH (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5-2520M: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 162B, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB CT250BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Xeon E5450: Processor: Intel Xeon E5450 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5QL-E, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 4 x 2048 MB DDR2-800MHz, Disk: 115GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 750GB Western Digital WD7500AACS-6, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 / R5 230 OEM 1024MB (150/600MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: 37LF65 + DELL U2913WM, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1080 Celeron G1840: Processor: Intel Celeron G1840 @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500BEKT-6, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1050MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL U2913WM, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.2.2-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 ... 59.63 |=================== Core 2 T5200 .. 172.48 |======================================================= Core i5-2520M . 63.20 |==================== Xeon E5450 .... 49.77 |================ Celeron G1840 . 70.91 |======================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 ... 60.48 |================== Core 2 T5200 .. 187.67 |======================================================= Core i5-2520M . 65.98 |=================== Xeon E5450 .... 51.68 |=============== Celeron G1840 . 81.56 |======================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 ... 109.36 |================ Core 2 T5200 .. 366.79 |======================================================= Core i5-2520M . 152.85 |======================= Xeon E5450 .... 112.20 |================= Celeron G1840 . 179.38 |=========================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 ... 302.55 |================= Core 2 T5200 .. 966.24 |======================================================= Core i5-2520M . 349.44 |==================== Xeon E5450 .... 242.51 |============== Celeron G1840 . 384.53 |======================