KSP technical requirements

[Nicias]

I'm getting a new laptop, an Kaby Lake XPS 13.

I'm getting the non-touch 1920x1080 screen.

I am deciding between the i7-7500u and the i5-7200u

The only difference seems to be in clock speeds and cache. 

The i5 has 2.5/2.9/3.1 GHz (unturbo, all cores turbo, one core turbo) with 3MB L3 Cache

The i7 has 2.7/3.0/3.5 GHz with 5MB. 

How much of a difference can I expect for KSP with that difference? They have the same integrated graphics (only 5% clock speed difference)

Thanks!

 

Edited December 21, 2016 by Nicias

[JPLRepo]

This is just general advice as you have not supplied the full specs of each machine and there are many variables.
But IF the only difference is the CPU I wouldn't expect there to be much of a difference between those two.

Ask yourself this question: Is KSP the only reason for making this decision?