Intel Core i7, 48 GB, Firefox.

Decidedly not "OK".

i7 is meaningless... it could be a 4c/8t processor from over a decade ago that's slower then buttered toast today, or something much faster with big/little cores more recently.

I don't think it's very likely that his 48gb machine is over a decade old.

Looks like it's an 8th Gen with mixed ram running single channel mode. The point stands though, the brand segment is meaningless over time.

It's 5-6yo just before Ryzen got competitive with Intel. A current option should be noticeably faster.

I have a 64GB i7-3930K from 2012 next to me. It still worked in late 2024, and was faster than many modern computers.

I'm going to be honest. I don't understand Intel processor names, like at all. I thought i7 would give performance to a first order, but if that's not the case, I don't know how to tell what's in this machine.

Saying i7 is basically the same as saying you've got a car with 4 wheel drive.

It doesn't say if the car is from the 60s or from a few years ago.

You don't want to know if it's i3/i5/i7/i9, that's essentially useless.

What you want to know is which generation it is.

For example:

Looking at a 1st gen i7:

- The i7-920 released in 2008 which only has 4 cpu cores and runs at 2.66ghz

Compared to a 14th gen i7:

- The i7-14700k from 2023 which has 20 cpu cores, 12 of which can run at 4.3ghz and 8 of which can run at 5.6ghz.

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Basically the way the intel naming scheme has been is:

"<i-number>-<gen-number><inter-gen-number><optional-letter>"

- i-number (i.e. i3, i5, i7, i9) means rough idea of which features are included. For example: i3 is basic functionality, i7 will mean hyperthreading (although competition from AMD meant that this feature started become standard on all cpus)

- gen-number: (i.e. 1st gen through to 14th gen) means basically what version the chip is. Kind of like an iPhone 1 vs an iPhone 14, big difference at the start then only incremental differences about 2/3rds of the way through.

- inter-gen-number: (e.g. 400, 770, 900, etc...) means basically how good the chip in this generation is compared to other chips in this generation. Kind of like iPhone vs iPhone Pro, vs iPhone Pro Max.

- optional letter: (e.g. nothing, K, F, etc...) means basically any other info you should know about this chip. For example: "K" means the chip can be overclockable (runs hotter and requires more electricity for better performance), or "F" means the integrated graphics on this chip doesn't work so it's getting sold for cheaper and you'll need an external graphics card to see things, etc...

So the i7-14700k would be:

- i-number = i7

- gen-number = 14

- inter-gen-number = 700

- optional letter = k

A 14th-gen i7, which will be more powerful than an i5-14600, and a "K" on the end meaning it can be overclocked so we'll charge a little more on this chip.

Alrighty. Well, I've got an i7-8850H @ 2.60GHz. I know it's at least a few years old.

I'm sorry, I really wouldn't know what's happening there. On my Linux, Chromium works the best, Firefox can pass, Opera is a bit slower, and Epiphany (is that the name?) chokes a fair bit.

On i3, Windows things seem fine - I tried Edge, Chrome, and Firefox.

On Mac, I somehow managed to get it working based on Lambda Test web interface feedback, but I wouldn't know the real use performance.