12-03-2010, 07:27 PM
i3 is better than your quadcore in many ways.
i3 has a new improved architecture, it has a faster clockspeed than any qcore, it might be a dual core but it has hyperthreading w/c allows it to perform like a qcore. your quadcore has 4-cores and 4-treads, operating system reads it at 4 cores. your friend's i3 is dual core with 2-cores and 4-threads, operating system reads it as 4 cores also. number of cores really doesnt matter, its the threads that counts ,Physical cores are actual ‘real’ cores. Threads are how many ways the data is transfered. Generally the number of cores match the number of threads but Intel’s new i3 have different amount of threads per cores which is called Hyperthreading that allows a dual core to act like a quadcores or a quadcore to act like an 8-core. i3 runs cooler with 32nm, compared to core2quad's 45nm, less power means less heat and longer system life, another is i3s supports up to 16gb ram, core2quad can only supports up to 8gb ram max, and i3 supports a faster ddr3 memory compared to core2quad's ddr2 which is slower. i3 also has an integrated graphics incase your video card dies accidentally. core 2quad's only advantage is it is better in multitask. but i3 is better overall.
i3 has a new improved architecture, it has a faster clockspeed than any qcore, it might be a dual core but it has hyperthreading w/c allows it to perform like a qcore. your quadcore has 4-cores and 4-treads, operating system reads it at 4 cores. your friend's i3 is dual core with 2-cores and 4-threads, operating system reads it as 4 cores also. number of cores really doesnt matter, its the threads that counts ,Physical cores are actual ‘real’ cores. Threads are how many ways the data is transfered. Generally the number of cores match the number of threads but Intel’s new i3 have different amount of threads per cores which is called Hyperthreading that allows a dual core to act like a quadcores or a quadcore to act like an 8-core. i3 runs cooler with 32nm, compared to core2quad's 45nm, less power means less heat and longer system life, another is i3s supports up to 16gb ram, core2quad can only supports up to 8gb ram max, and i3 supports a faster ddr3 memory compared to core2quad's ddr2 which is slower. i3 also has an integrated graphics incase your video card dies accidentally. core 2quad's only advantage is it is better in multitask. but i3 is better overall.