• N-E-N@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    I’m confused, was there a time when i3 cores were better than i5?

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      10 months ago

      It used to be for a while that i3 was dual core with hyper threading, where the i5 was quad core with no hyper threading, and the i7 was quad core with HT.