NO same, cheaper, faster of course should always be an overriding priority. Smarter? Probably not in every usercase. Actually my old 4 series was more than enough to coach me to High D's at uni and had a much better depth of knowledge by the time it hit 5. By the time 5.2 came it was unabe to do the work or even converse about it, it was so confidently wrong by every measure.