Depends which model, and whether you are talking about physcial cores or virtual cores, for example a processor can have two physical cores and two virtual cores and still be branded a "quad core"
Apart from the bottom of the range i5 650, the rest are sold as "quad cores" although they don't have four physical cores.
Two physical cores and two virtual cores.
The Intel i7 has3.06 GHz and 2.93 GHz core speedsFour processing threads4 MB of Intel® Smart CacheTwo channels of DDR3 1333 MHz memory
A standard processor had one core like in P1, P2, P3, P4. It means it can performed only one task at a time. Now to make computer able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously it is being manufactured with multiple processors. A Dual-core processor has two cores. A Quad-core processor has four cores. An i3 processor has 2 cores. An i5 processor has 2 or 4 cores (depending on the model you have.) An i7 processor has 2, 4 or 6 cores (depending on the model you have.)
difference between dual core and core i3
Dual means two, so two separate cores
depends on the type the i3 has 2 cores (and 2 virtual ones because of hyperthreading)the i5 has 4 cores the i7 has 4 cores(+4 virtual ones)
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i3 is a dual core. The i7 model is a quad core processor.
Intel Core i3 is faster even though they are both dual core processors. The i3 has multi-threading capability which lets it run two processes on one core versus one process per core the the Intel Core 2 duo. Bottom line: Intel core i3 is faster.
IS ACER CORE I3 BETTER HP CORE 13 BETTER, what is the difference in price as well as performance
Ofcourse Intel Core i3 is better because 2nd Gen Core i3 has speed of 2.49 GHz whereas AMD Athlon has 2.26 GHz
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