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Intel Core i3 vs Core i5 vs Core i7 Processors
Intel marketing has tried to simplify the categorization of its processors, based low-medium-high principle, rather than as they used to do earlier by the confusing the customers with MHz / GHz / MB Caches or Dual Core, Core 2 Duo, Core Solo etc. They have been partly been successful in this strategy. They have essentially linked the categories to the prices (Core i3 being cheapest and Core i7 being costliest) and performance. But there is still a significant confusion around the target usages of these processors. There are many people who think that there are only 3 processors available from Intel, which is not true. This ‘Intel Core i3 vs Core i5 vs Core i7 Processors’ article will clarify the confusion around the target usages of these processors and also explain that i3, i5 and i7 are categories of processors i.e. there are many processors falling under each of these three categories.
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