I5 3210m Quad Core or not?

[cooky1992]

Hey People.

Recently bought a Laptop and it has an intel i5 3210m processor. Started playing the new Football Manager 2013 and on game status it says "4 Processors" (On my main computer I have a AMD Phenom II 965 which is definitely a quad core and that says 4 processors) so I ran DXDIAG and that also says "4 CPUs" for my i5. I'm a Technician so know a lot about computers but this has confused me because I always though i5s are not Quad Cores.

Any solutions to what it might be? I also get 7.1 in Windows Index (I know its useless but it gives you a estimate number)

Thanks.

 

[Giggitygoebbels]

Hey People.

Recently bought a Laptop and it has an intel i5 3210m processor. Started playing the new Football Manager 2013 and on game status it says "4 Processors" (On my main computer I have a AMD Phenom II 965 which is definitely a quad core and that says 4 processors) so I ran DXDIAG and that also says "4 CPUs" for my i5. I'm a Technician so know a lot about computers but this has confused me because I always though i5s are not Quad Cores.

Any solutions to what it might be? I also get 7.1 in Windows Index (I know its useless but it gives you a estimate number)

Thanks.

Some are dual core some quad,but yours have hyper threading ,which makes your computer know there is 4 logical cores when there is 2 physical cores.
http://ark.intel.com/products/67355/Intel-Core-i5-3210M-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-3_10-GHz-rPGA

 

[Sakkura]

Laptop Core i5s are dual-cores with hyperthreading. Desktop Core i5s, apart from some older models, are quad-cores without hyperthreading.

Hyperthreading is not a substitute for real cores, but it's better than nothing (for gaming only barely better though).

 

[ThatsMyNameDude]

http://bit.ly/SRSDps

 

[jaguarskx]

The only mobile Intel CPUs that are quad cores are Core i7's with the "QM" designation. Otherwise they are all dual core.

 

[rds1220]

Some are dual core some quad,but yours have hyper threading ,which makes your computer know there is 4 logical cores when there is 2 physical cores.
http://ark.intel.com/products/67355/Intel-Core-i5-3210M-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-3_10-GHz-rPGA

No they're not. Intel Pentium, I3 and I5's are all dual core with hyperthreading. I7's are also dual core with hyperthreading unless they have a QM in the name then they are quad core. For the OP your I5 is a dual core with hyper threading.

 

[amuffin]

All mobile core series are dual cores, unless marked otherwise with the glorious "QM" designation.

 

[Thomas Linaa]

Hi all plz look at Intels Naming and prosessor comparison:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processor-comparison/compare-intel-processors.html

Best regards