Difference Between Core 2 Duo and Core i3

Intel Processor Comparison – Part 7 of 16

As Core 2 Duo technology has been here for some time, Core i3 is targetted to replace Core 2 Duo in the market pretty soon. Both Core 2 Duo and Core i3 are dual core processors and can run two processes at the same time. The main difference between these two is the number of threads. Two cores on Core 2 Duo are single threaded while Core i3 has a dual thread running capability on each core. Hence total number of threads that can run on Core 2 Duo is 2 and 4 threads in total can run on Core i3.

This article is part of a series of articles listed below

1. Intel Processor Comparison – Introduction
2. Want a faster PC, get more RAM first
3. Processor Flashback
4. Hyper Threading Technology
5. Difference between Thread and Process
6. Difference between Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad
7. Difference Between Core 2 Duo and Core i3
8. Difference Between Core 2 Quad and Core i5
9. Intel Turbo Boost Technology
10. Difference Between Core i3 and Core i5
11. Difference Between Core i5 and Core i7
12. Differences Between Core 2 and Core i Technologies
13. Difference Between FSB and DMI
14. Difference Between Smart Cache and L2 Cache
15. Processor Comparison Bottom Line
16. Processor Comparison Table