That&#x27;s not an i7, it&#x27;s a MacBook Air really low-power CPU. And it&#x27;s not quad core, it&#x27;s dual core + HT (i7 4650U [1]). A &quot;real&quot; mobile i7 quad has twice the performance, and a &quot;real&quot; desktop i7 is about three times faster. So a better title for this would be &quot;6 Pi2 vs MBA vs DigitalOcean&quot;.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ark.intel.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;75114&#x2F;Intel-Core-i7-4650U-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3_30-GHz" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ark.intel.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;75114&#x2F;Intel-Core-i7-4650U-Proc...</a>