I5 v dual core

[hendo007]

can anyone help as looking at purchasing new laptop and have seen that the new i5 is due out 2010 is it better than the dual core processor?

 

[jonpaul37]

Yes, basically the i5 is better in all aspects in comparison to any other brand dual core of the same speed.

 

[hendo007]

thanks for response - as not urgent need for laptop will wait for i5 to look at further when it comes out

 

[cjl]

The i5 laptops are all dual core. They are better than a Core 2 Duo, but to say they are better than a dual core would be quite odd, since the i5 has 2 cores.

 

[jonpaul37]

i was talking in terms of any other brand of dual-core, such as core 2 duo, pentium dual core, any of AMD's offerings, etc...

 

[invalid-input]

Not to add to the confusion... isn't cord 2 duo better than duo core??? And so isn't i3 and i5 going back in tech?

 

[cjl]

Not to add to the confusion... isn't cord 2 duo better than duo core??? And so isn't i3 and i5 going back in tech?

Core 2 Duo is one type of dual core. Core 2 duo is better than Core Duo is better than Pentium D.