One of most important part of a computer is the Processor. When someone talks about processors it’s necessary to consider about its clock speed, cache, size of the processor, how many threads it can handle simultaneously and many things. Earlier most of the processor venders came with common name for tell about the architecture of the processor (such as Duel core, Core 2 due etc) and their clock speed to identify particular processor. But Intel introduces new line of processors which calls i3, i5 and i7.This article mainly focus on identifying the differences between those processors.
In nutshell
Core i7 is better than Core i5 and Core i3 which means this number is relating with the processing power of the processor. But it doesn’t say about the number of Cores in particular processor. For example Core i7 processor doesn’t contains 7 Cores inside of it. In core i3 processor most of time it only contains 2 cores [but there are some Core i3 processors which contains 4 cores] in the same time core i5 and core i7 can have either 2 or 4 cores.
This core I categorization based on the Intel processor star rating system which calculating base on different parameters such as number of Cores, Clock speed, size of the cache memory as well as it’s new technologies like Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading.
Core i3
This is the entry level processor of the new category in Intel processors. They develop this processor with minimum processing power. So it doesn’t have significant performance improvement with previous processor versions. Hear are some of features of core i3 processor
- Users four threads and contains Hyper-Threading feature to improve the efficiency of the processor.
- It contains 2 or 4 Cores.
- Consist around 2-4 MB cache memory
- It uses less energy and it generating less heat when compared with previous processors.
Core i5
Core i5 is the mid size of (considering the performance) processor in core I series. Actually core i5 is more powerful compared with the core i3. This processor design for applications which might required little bit more processing power than normal processor power. These are some of specific features of Core i5
- In Core i5 processor it might contain 2 or 4 cores
- This has 3-8 MB cache memory
- This processor comes with 2-4 threads so it’s same as the Core i3 processor.
- This supports Turbo Boost feature which this provides users with the opportunity to turn off a core if it’s not being utilized.
Core i7
This is the most powerful processor in Core I series. This processor mainly developed to work with applications where the user will be running resource-intensive applications. This is the ideal processor for the game lovers. These are some of features of Core i7 processor.
- This processor contains 4-8 MB cache memory which is the highest in Core I series.
- This processor comes with 8 threads, which is the highest number of threads in Core I series and also it consist with hyper threading technology.
- This will contain 4 Cores to provide more processing power.
- Compared with all other two processors this is the most energy efficient and less heat generating processor in Core I processor series.
