Q. What’s the difference between desktop and laptop processors?
Although desktop and laptop processors are designed for their
respective devices, compact desktop PCs and AIO (All-In-One) PCs
often use laptop processors, and some large desktop replacement
laptops use desktop processors. The biggest difference between
the two is that laptop processors have much less power to work
with and as a result run slower, but they support more mobile
features. For example, the Intel Core i7-2760QM laptop processor
and the Intel Core i7-2600K desktop processor are both quad-core
chips, but the former has a 2.4GHz clock speed compared to the
latter’s 3.4GHz core clock. The laptop variant also operates
with a 45-watt TDP (thermal design power; the maximum amount of
power the device will need to be able to support the processor).
The desktop variant has a 95-watt TDP. . . . laptop processors
have much less power to work with and as a result run slower,
but they support more mobile features. Q. What features do
laptop process